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Peter Barnes | Romans 1:8-10
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER AND EVANGELISM
Romans 1:8-10
– Paul only arrived in Rome about three years after writing Romans (Acts 28:16)
1. Paul’s gratitude to God for the faith of the Romans.
– 1:8. There is a ‘first’ but no ‘second’. Paul’s literary style lacks …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 5:1-15
SERMON NOTES
A MOTH AND A LION
Hosea 5:1-15; Hebrews 10:26-39
1. God is like a moth as Israel decays.
– 5:1 (priests, people, princes); 5:12
– decay through sexual immorality (5:3-4), pride (5:5), religious activity without faith (5:6, 7, 11; note 6:6; see too …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:5-7
SERMON NOTES
BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES
Romans 1:5-7
1. Paul’s mission to all the Gentiles
– 1:5. Paul was saved in order to be the apostle to the Gentiles (Galatians 1:15-16; 2:7).
– We know how far Paul had travelled (15:18-19; Illyricum is …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 4:7-19
SERMON NOTES
LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE PRIEST
Hosea 4:7-19; Galatians 6:1-10
Because of the priests, sin is spiralling out of control.
1. The priests have come to thrive on sin.
– 4:7-9; the more priests, the more sacrifices, and the more sin (cf. Lev.6:25-26); like a …
Peter Barnes | Romans 1:1-4
SERMON NOTES
PAUL: THE MAN AND HIS MESSAGE
Romans 1:1-4
– Martin Luther: ‘The more time one spends in it, the more precious it becomes and the better it appears.’ He wanted Christians to know it by heart, as ‘the daily bread of the soul’. …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 4:1-6
SERMON NOTES
HEAR THE CHARGES!
Hosea 4:1-6; Romans 1:18-32
From the marriage image in Hosea 1-3 to the courtroom in Hosea 4.
1. God charges His people with sin.
– 4:1; we are meant to reflect the character of God (e.g. Ex.34:6-7; Ps.25:10; 86:15)
– …
Peter Barnes | 3 John 11-15
SERMON NOTES
THE BLESSING OF A GOOD EXAMPLE
(3 John 11-15)
– John is contrasting Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius in 3 John.
1. We ought to imitate what is good.
– vv.11-12; see 1 John 3:7-10; usually he writes in terms of obeying the …
Tristan Merkel | Ruth 1
SERMON NOTES
FINDING GOD’S REST
Ruth 1; Hebrews 6:4-12
Three women searching for rest (v 8-13)
1. Orpah looked for rest in Moab (v 14-15)
– Old life (Luke 5:36-7)
– False gods (2 Kings 3:26-27)
– No commitment (Hebrews 6:4-6, 11-12)
2. Ruth looked …
Peter Barnes | 3 John 9-10
SERMON NOTES
CHURCH LEADERSHIP GONE WRONG
(3 John 9-10)
– John is contrasting Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius in 3 John.
1. The sin of loving to be first.
– v.9; Christ is to have the pre-eminence (Col.1:18; 2 Cor.4:5)
– George Findlay thinks that …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 3:1-5
SERMON NOTES
LOVING THE UNLOVELY
Hosea 3:1-5; Romans 5:1-11
An illustration of Romans 5:8. James Montgomery Boice even calls it ‘the greatest chapter in the Bible’ – an exaggeration.
1. God loves and redeems the unlovely.
– 3:1-2; Lev.20:10; Matt.5:31-32
– for the raisin cakes, …
