The Life of Moses: Grumbling Against God

Peter Barnes: Numbers 14

(13 October 2019)

SERMON NOTES: GRUMBLING AGAINST GOD (Numbers 14)

– a wonderful land (13:23), but the Canaanites were big and there were fortified cities (13:28).

1. The sin of grumbling and rebelling against God.

– 14:1-4. Isaiah described the fearful restlessness of the wicked – …

Secret Disciples Bury the Messiah

Peter Barnes: John 19:38-42

(6 October 2019)

SERMON NOTES: SECRET DISCIPLES BURY THE MESSIAH (John 19:38-42)

Those who with Jesus at the crucifixion were not many in number – some loyal women, including His mother, and two secret disciples.

1. Secret disciples do exist.

– 19:38-39. That does not seem …

Life of Moses: Belief versus Unbelief

Peter Barnes: Numbers 13

(6 October 2019)

SERMON NOTES: BELIEF VERSUS UNBELIEF (Numbers 13)

In Numbers 13-14 we learn why God ordained that Israel wander in the wilderness for forty years before entering the Promised Land.

1. God’s promises are true.

The names are listed in verses 1-16; note that …

Life of Moses: The Year of Jubilee

Peter Barnes: Leviticus 25

(1 September 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE YEAR OF JUBILEE (Leviticus 25)
C. R. North says that the fiftieth year is the forty-ninth year, while Gordon Wenham says the fiftieth year was a short one of 49 days, but all that seems to evade the straightforward view …

The Crucified King

Peter Barnes: John 19:14-24

(25 August 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE CRUCIFIED KING (John 19:14-24)

1. Pilate’s weak mockery.

– 19:14. Mark 15:25 has the crucifixion at the third hour. Bishop Westcott said that Mark used the Palestinian method of computing time (where the day began at sunrise) while John used …

Life of Moses: Love Your Neighbour as Yourself

Peter Barnes: Leviticus 19:1-18

(25 August 2019)

SERMON NOTES: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF (Leviticus 19:1-18)
God says to be holy (19:2) and to love our neighbour as ourselves (19:18). For Jesus on the two great commandments, see Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18; Matt.22:36-40. See Luke 10:25-37; Lev.19:33-34. Jesus teaches a …

The Life of Moses: The Canaanites & the New Morality

Peter Barnes: Leviticus 18 : NO AUDIO

(11 August 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE CANAANITES AND THE NEW MORALITY (Leviticus 18)

– Ecclesiastes 1:9 says us that there is nothing new under the sun.

1. God’s Word is different and life-giving.

– Gen.15:16; Lev.18:1-5; a deep contrast there between God’s word …

Who Rules the World?

Peter Barnes: John 19:7-13

(4th August 2019)

SERMON NOTES: WHO RULES THE WORLD? (John 19:7-13)

– the kings of this world or the King of creation?

1. The empty boast of the unregenerate man.

– 19:7-9. ‘Where are you from?’ probably goes back to 18:37. But the poor flogged accused …

Life of Moses: The One Day of the Year: Yom Kippur

Peter Barnes: Leviticus 16 : NO AUDIO

(4th August 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR: YOM KIPPUR (Leviticus 16)

The Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur – was the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The Bible asks: ‘How can a holy God dwell with unholy people?’ …

Christ in the Hands of Fearful Sinners

Peter Barnes: John 19:1-7

(28 July 2019)

SERMON NOTES: CHRIST IN THE HANDS OF FEARFUL SINNERS (John 19:1-7)

– here is a battle of wills.

1. Weakness leads to capitulation to sin.

– 19:1. Pilate had already ventured his opinion regarding Jesus in 18:38. Luke gives more details – Luke …