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Peter Barnes | Psalm 122
SERMON NOTES
Meeting with God’s People
Psalm 122; Heb.:10:1-25; 12:18-24
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents (see Ex.23:17). Count von Zinzendorf: ‘no Christianity without fellowship’.
1. The joy of God’s people.
– vv.1-2; Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘I have been to church today and am …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:17b-23
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Comprehending the Incomprehensible
(Ephesians 3:17b-21)
– Charles Simeon, dying in 1836, was composing four sermons on Ephesians 3:18-19, as ‘the grandest subject I can conceive of’.
1. We must know the love of Christ in order to grow in the love of Christ.…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 121
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The Lord Preserves His Own
Psalm 121; 1 Pet. 1:1-12
Psalms 120-134 are the Songs of Ascents. The word ‘keep’ or ‘watch’ or ‘preserve’ is found six times in Psalm 121. William Romaine is supposed to have read it every day.
1. Our …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:14-17a
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Praying for Power in Christians
(Ephesians 3:14-17a)
– In verse 14, Paul picks up his prayer begun in verse 1.
1. Prayer before the triune God.
– 3:14-15; standing for prayer in Ps.28:2; 63:4; 1 Tim.2:8; sitting in 2 Sam.7:18; kneeling in Luke …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 119:9-16
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Purity Through God’s Word
Psalm 119:9-16; 2 Tim. 3:10-17
Psalm 119 is an acrostic, with each of the 22 stanzas beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, from aleph to taw. This second stanza begins with beth. William Wilberforce, Henry …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:9-13
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Making Known God’s Eternal Purpose
(Ephesians 3:9-13)
1. God’s eternal plan is now revealed.
– 3:9-11; the manifold or variegated wisdom of God, before a mystery, is now made known
– God does not zig-zag His way through the Bible as Dispensationalism teaches…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 2)
SERMON NOTES
Grace to Fragile People
Psalm 103; Luke 15:11-32
– vv.1-5 are personal and in the singular; vv.6-22 are more general and in the plural.
1. God righteous mercy.
– God is righteous (v.6; note Ps.130:3) but merciful too.
(a) His mercy …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-8
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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
(Ephesians 3:1-8)
1. Paul as a person.
– 3:2-5 – he magnifies his person; 3:8 – he emphasises his own unworthiness, ‘the leaster of all the saints’
– 1 Cor.15:9; 1 Tim.1:15; John Bunyan’s autobiography is Grace Abounding …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 1)
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Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Psalm 103; Revelation 4
– Paul Little used to read it when depressed, although note Prov.25:20; Matthew Henry: ‘This Psalm calls more for devotion than exposition.’
1. We need to remind ourselves to praise the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-7
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The Mystery Revealed
(Ephesians 3:1-7)
– notice the ‘For this reason’ in verse 1 which looks back to chapter 2, but is then interrupted and only picked up again in verse 14.
1. Grace leads to costly evangelism.
– 3:1. Nero put Paul …
