Life of Moses: Prayer for Victory

Peter Barnes: Exodus 17:8-16

(24 March 2019)

SERMON NOTES: PRAYER FOR VICTORY (Exodus 17:8-16)

God provided His people with food (Ex.16), with water (Ex.15:22-27; 17:1-7) and with protection (Ex.17:8-16). John Currid’s view is that Moses is not praying but holding up the rod (NIV and ESV have ‘staff’) which is …

Life of Moses: Streams in the Desert

Peter Barnes: Exodus 15:22-27; 17:1-7

(10 March 2019)

SERMON NOTES: STREAMS IN THE DESERT (Exodus 15:22-27; 17:1-7)

– ‘streams in the desert’ (Isa.35:6).

1. God tests His people.

– 15:22-27. In three days Israel goes from celebrating the crossing of the Red Sea to grumbling about the lack of water …

Baptism in Water & the Spirit

Peter Barnes: Acts 19:1-1: NO AUDIO

(3 March 2019)

SERMON NOTES: BAPTISM IN WATER AND THE SPIRIT (Acts 19:1-7)

On Paul’s third missionary journey the great apostle stayed for three years at Ephesus – Acts 20:31. Ephesus was the fourth largest city in the Roman Empire, behind Rome, Alexandria, …

Life of Moses: The Song of Moses

Peter Barnes: Exodus 15:1-21

(3 March 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE SONG OF MOSES (Exodus 15:1-21)

– the first song in the Bible, and it centres on God and His victory over His enemies. Exodus 14-15 is like Judges 4-5. Moses’ song is a victory song, celebrated again in Psalm 106:8-12 …

Life of Moses: Stand Still and See the Salvation of the Lord

Peter Barnes: Exodus 14:13

(24 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD (Exodus 14:13)

The crossing of the Red Sea – which may have been originally called the Reed Sea – is referred to and celebrated in many parts of Scripture – Joshua 2:10; …

Isaiah: God’s Second Exodus

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 11:6-16

(17 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: GOD’S SECOND EXODUS (Isaiah 11:6-16)

Twice in this chapter, the coming of the Messiah is spoken of as a new exodus (11:11, 16).

(a) After 539 B.C. when the Persians allowed the Jews in captivity in Babylon to return and rebuild …

Life of Moses: Redeemed, Remember, Guided

Peter Barnes: Exodus 13

(17 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: REDEEMED, REMEMBER, GUIDED (Exodus 13)

From Exodus 13-18 we have recorded the first two months of the Exodus (cf. Ex.19:1). Heb.11:28-29.

1. Redeemed by the lamb.

– actually the third time that Moses gives regulations regarding the Passover and the week-long …

Isaiah: The Righteous Branch Will Come

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 5:1-11

(10 February 2019)

– Isa.7:14; 9:6-7. Assyria will be chopped down, and not rise; Judah will be chopped down and yet from it will rise the coming King.

1. The Messiah will rise as the royal Branch.

– 11:1. Jesse was David’s father. David became king, …

Life of Moses: Salvation Through the Passover Lamb

Peter Barnes: Exodus 12

(10 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: SALVATION THROUGH THE PASSOVER LAMB (Exodus 12)

  • 1 Cor.5:7; John 1:29. Calvin: ‘For what could be more childish than to offer the blood of an animal as a protection against the hand of God, or to seek from thence a ground

Isaiah: The Return of the Remnant

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 10:20-34

(3 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE RETURN OF THE REMNANT (Isaiah 10:20-34)

1. The remnant lean on the Holy One.

– 10:20-23. John Oswalt calls the emphasis on the remnant here ‘perhaps the most apt summary of the whole book.’ The remnant may be a minority …