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Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:17-24
SERMON NOTES
Responding to the Holy Judge
Psalm 139:17-24
1. We ought to wonder at God’s thoughts.
– vv.17-18; ‘lost in wonder, love and praise’ (Charles Wesley)
2. We ought to join in God’s hatred of the wicked.
– vv.19-22; startling words. Charles Spurgeon: ‘To …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:7-10
SERMON NOTES
GRACIOUS GIFTS FROM CHRIST
(Ephesians 4:7-10)
– unity in faith and love (4:1-6), diversity in gifts (4:7-16)
1. Each Christian has been given a gift by Christ.
– 4:7; from the Spirit in 1 Cor.12:11; from God in Rom.12:3
– no vestigial organs …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:13-16
SERMON NOTES
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:13-16
– God knows the child in the womb
1. God created us in the womb.
– v.13; Matt.10:29
– Job 31:13-15
2. Life begins at conception.
– note the personal pronouns; David was David in his mother’s …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:6
SERMON NOTES
GOD OVER, THROUGH, AND IN ALL
(Ephesians 4:6)
– only refers to the Father, but is nevertheless Trinitarian
1. God over all.
– in salvation (1:3-6); in prayer (3:14; Matt.6:9; John 16:23;)
– Trinitarian in 2:18; some prayer to the Son (Acts 7:59; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:1-12
SERMON NOTES
The Sovereign Lord
Psalm 139
The worst thing in life is a small view of God.
1. God knows all things.
– vv.1-6; He is omniscient; He knows what we are doing, what we are thinking, what we will say
– Gen.3:8 is …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:5
SERMON NOTES
ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM
(Ephesians 4:5)
– World Parliament of Religions in Melbourne in December 2009.
1. One Lord.
– 20 references to Jesus as Lord in Ephesians
– 1 Cor.8:6; Rom.10:9; Matt.17:1-8; Acts 4:12; Phil.2:9-11
2. One faith.
– not …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 131
SERMON NOTES
Calming our Souls
Psalm 131; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Spurgeon: ‘one of the shortest psalms to read but one of the longest to learn’.
1. Think with humility.
– v.1; Ps.92:5-6
(a) when we are tempted to claim to know what God has not …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:3-4
SERMON NOTES
MAINTAINING THE UNITY WE HAVE
(Ephesians 4:3-4)
– unity centred on the Trinity (Eph.4:4-6; see too 1 Cor.12:4-6)
1. We to maintain the unity of the Spirit.
– 4:3; part of the previous sentence
– not to achieve it but to maintain it; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 128
SERMON NOTES
Blessings in Everyday Life
Psalm 128; Matthew 19:1-15
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents (see Ex.23:17).
1. The blessings of reverence and obedience.
– v.1; fear (as in Ex.19:16-25) and walking in His ways.
2. Blessings at work.
– v.2; 2 Thess.3:10; …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:1-2
SERMON NOTES
A Walk Worthy of the Gospel
(Ephesians 4:1-2)
– peripatetic philosophers ‘walked’; David Hume could not see how his philosophy could ‘walk’.
1. What we do is linked to what we believe.
– 4:1; see the negative side in 1 Cor.15:32
– note …
