Occasional Sermon: Witnesses to the Truth
Keith Noldt | John 5:31-47 …
Occasional Sermon: Following Christ
Tristan Merkel | Luke 14 …
Occasional Sermon: What do you Think of Jesus Christ?
Keith Noldt | John 5:19-30 …
Occasional Sermon: The Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
Keith Noldt | John 5:1-18 …
The Letter to the Ephesians – From Stealing to Honesty and Generosity
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:28
SERMON NOTES
From Stealing to Honesty and Generosity
(Ephesians 4:28)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
– John Wesley: 1. Gain all you can; 2. Save all you can; Give all you can.
1. Put off stealing.
– Ps.37:21; Tit.2:9-10; …
First John: Tests of True Faith – God is Light
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:5-7
SERMON NOTES
GOD IS LIGHT
Psalm 36; 1 John 1:5-2:2
Three false claims – in 1:6, 8, 10. Robert Yarbrough calls verse 5 ‘the main burden of the Epistle’.
1. God is light.
– 1:5; in a sense this comes before ‘God is love’ …
The Letter to the Ephesians – Dealing with Anger
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:26-27
SERMON NOTES
Dealing with Anger
(Ephesians 4:26-27)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. We are to be righteously angry.
– anger is a sin in Eph.4:31; see Prov.15:18; Eccles.7:9; James 1:19-20
– but God is angry (1 Kings 11:9; …
First John: Tests of True Faith – The Incarnate Word
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:1-4
SERMON NOTES
THE INCARNATE WORD
Deuteronomy 4:1-14; 1 John 1:1-10
– split in 2:19, hence the need for assurance in 5:13.
(a) the doctrinal test (4:2)
(b) the relationships test (4:20-21)
(c) the obedience test (2:3-4)
1. Christ is the God-man, a real supernatural …
The Letter to the Ephesians – Put off Lying, Put on Truth
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:25
SERMON NOTES
Put Off Falsehood, Put on Truth
(Ephesians 4:25)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Motives for putting off lying and putting on truth.
– ‘therefore’ in verse 25 i.e. it is looking back to previous verses. This …
The Book of Psalms – Praise the Lord
Peter Barnes | Psalm 150
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord!
Exodus:15:1-27; Psalm 150
– the Psalter goes from obedience to the Word (Ps.1) to praise of the Lord (Ps.150).
1. Who is to praise the Lord?
– vv.1, 6. Calvin says verse 1 refers to heaven twice; Derek Kidner says …