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Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:14-18
SERMON NOTES
Christ is our Peace
(Eph. 2:14-18)
– cf. Isa.9:6; Micah 5:5. The word ‘peace’ is found four times in Eph.2:14-17
1. Christ is peace between Jewish and Gentile Christians.
– Markus Barth says that this means that Jews do not need to hear …
Peter Barnes | 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 27
SERMON NOTES
Whom Shall I Fear?
Psalm 27; 2 Timothy 1:1-7
– Mark 4:38
1. Faith does not necessarily change our circumstances.
– 27:2-3, 11-12; violence and slander
2. Faith casts out fear.
– 27:1, 14; Ex.14:13-14
– 27:10; impact on a depressed mother
3. …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:11-13
SERMON NOTES
Brought Near
(Eph. 2:11-13)
– To the Gentile, a Jew was a barbarian; to the Jew, a Gentile was a heathen or a dog.
1. Remember where you have come from.
– 2:11; unlike Ex.16:2-3; see Deut.15:15; 24:17-18, 21-22
– John Newton had …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 23
SERMON NOTES
The Lord is my Shepherd
Psalm 23; John 10:1-21
Douglas MacMillan would not allow it at non-Christian funerals. See John 10:3, 11, 14-15
1. The Shepherd cares.
– 23:1-3a; Gen.48:15
– Phillip Keller says sheep will roll over on their backs, and become …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:8-10
SERMON NOTES
The Scheme of Salvation
(Eph. 2:8-10)
– Reformation solas: grace, faith, Christ, Scripture, to the glory of God
1. Salvation is all of grace.
– 2:8a; J. C. Ryle was converted by this.
And when I’m to die,
Receive me, I’ll cry,
For …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 19
SERMON NOTES
Knowing God
Psalm 19; Romans 1:18-32
C. S. Lewis called it ‘the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world’.
1. Nature declares God’s glory.
– 19:1-6; made known everywhere at all times
– The spacious firmament …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:4-7
SERMON NOTES
God is Rich in Mercy
(Eph. 2:4-7)
1. God grants saving grace to some of His children of wrath.
– 2:4-7; ‘riches’ is found six times in Ephesians (1:7. 18; 2:4, 7; 3:8, 16)
– God is wonderfully kind and rich in mercy …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 3
SERMON NOTES
Prayer in the Day of Trouble
2 Samuel 15:1-18; Psalm 3
Psalm 3 dates from the rebellion of 2 Sam.15-19.
1. David’s isolation.
– 3:1-2; 2 Sam.15:13, 1-6; 16:5-13; Matt.27:39-43
– a minority, facing hostility and mocking as to whether he was a …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:1-4
SERMON NOTES
But God …
(Eph. 2:1-4)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones calls them ‘two wonderful words’.
– what happened to Christ (1:20-22) is parallel to what happens to the believer (2:6).
1. We are all naturally dead in sin.
– 2:1-3; Rom.3:9-18
Aristotle: ‘Virtue is in our …
