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Peter Barnes | Judges 6
SERMON NOTES
THE CALLING OF GIDEON
(Judges 6:1-24)
– Gideon is mentioned in Heb.11:32
1. Rebellion and Repression.
– 6:1, then 1b-6; the repression is so bad that the camels of the Midianites are compared to locusts
– Gideon cannot thresh wheat out in the …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 3:16-27
SERMON NOTES
EZEKIEL AS WATCHMAN
Ezekiel 3:16-27; Acts 20:17-38
1. We are responsible to speak God’s Word.
– 3:16-17 – either Ezekiel is pondering these things or there is empathy with his people, as in Job 2:13
– watchman as in Jer.6:16-17
– responsibility to …
Peter Barnes | Judges 4-5
SERMON NOTES
THE DEADLY FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
(Judges 4-5; part 2)
1. Rescue takes place despite division within Israel.
– Ephraim, Benjamin, Zebulun, and Issachar join in, with Naphtali (5:14-15a, 18) but Reuben, Gad, Dan, and Asher dither (5:15b-17)
– Meroz (a town in …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 2:9-3:15
SERMON NOTES
A MAN OF GOD’S WORD
Ezekiel 2:8-3:15; Jeremiah 15:10-21
– Calvin says that Ezekiel is more verbose than Isaiah or Jeremiah!
1. We must digest the whole Word of God.
– 2:8-3:3; this sustained Jeremiah (Jer.15:16; 20:9)
– there is sweetness (3:3) and …
Peter Barnes | Judges 4-5
SERMON NOTES
THE DEADLY FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
(Judges 4-5; part 1)
– Barak is mentioned in Hebrews 11:32.
1. Rebellion.
– 4:1; character is what we are when no one is looking.
2. Repression.
– 4:2-3; Jabin was king in Hazor in the north …
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 2:1-7
SERMON NOTES
THE COMMISSIONING OF EZEKIEL
Ezekiel 2:1-8; 1 Corinthians 4:1-13
1. We ought to recognise our utter dependence on God.
– 1:28b-2:2; ‘Son of Man’ means the king in God’s kingdom in Daniel 7:13-14, but here it means just ‘man’ as in Numbers 23:19; …
Peter Barnes | Judges 3:12-30
SERMON NOTES
EHUD AND HIS LEFT-HANDED TRIBUTE
(Judges 3:12-30)
1. Rebellion.
– 3:12a; Andrew Fausset: ‘Evil is a path sloping downward.’
2. Repression.
– 3:12b-14; for 18 years! The City of Palms is Jericho.
– Hosea 6:5 – God’s Word judges and kills
3. Remorse.…
Peter Barnes | Ezekiel 1
SERMON NOTES
THE GLORY OF THE LORD
Ezekiel 1:1-28; Revelation 1:9-20
‘Ezekiel’ means ‘God strengthens’. Theodore Beza called Ezekiel ‘the most obscure of all the prophets.
Ezek.1-24 – before the fall of Jerusalem; Ezek.25-33 – oracles against the nations; Ezek..33-48 – hope for the future.…
Peter Barnes | Judges 2:10-3:6
SERMON NOTES
THE CYCLE DOWNWARDS
(Judges 2:10-3:6)
1. Rebellion.
– 2:10-13; the World Parliament of Religions will meet in Melbourne in December, and Acts 4:12 will not be taught; see Deut.7:1-6; Ps.106:34-40
2. Repression.
– 2:14-15; see Lev.26:7-8 and Lev.26:17; God is a jealous God …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 5:18-21
SERMON NOTES
KNOWING WHERE WE STAND
Job 19:21-29; 1 John 5:18-21
Martin Luther: ‘Take away assertions, and you take away Christianity.’
1. We know victory over sin.
– 5:18; could be that Christ keeps the Christian (NASB, NIV; note John 17:12) or that the …
