Life of Moses: The Wages of Sin

Peter Barnes: Exodus 11:1-10, 12:29-36 (NO AUDIO)

(3 February 2019)

SERMON NOTES : THE WAGES OF SIN (Exodus 11:1-10; 12:29-36)

This is the prelude to the last and most terrible plague.

1. God shows His favour to His people.

– 11:1-3; Gen.15:14; Ex.3:22. God rules in the hearts of idolaters …

Isaiah: The Sovereign Lord of History

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 10:5-19 (NO AUDIO)

(27 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES: THE SOVEREIGN LORD OF ALL HISTORY (Isaiah 10:5-19)

God is the sovereign over all history so what is history all about?

1. God uses the unregenerate to achieve His purposes.

– 10:5-6. God describes Assyria as ‘the (unwitting) rod …

Life of Moses: The First Skirmishes

Peter Barnes : Exodus 7 (NO AUDIO)

(20 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES :THE FIRST SKIRMISHES (Exodus 7)
So far Moses has been telling God: ‘I can’t’; while God has been telling Moses: ‘I will.’ Exodus 7 – the first contest and the first plague.
1. Moses’ word is God’s word.…

Life of Moses: Pharaoh and God’s Plagues

Peter Barnes: Exodus 8-10

(27 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES : PHARAOH AND GOD’S PLAGUES (Exodus 8-10)

Exodus 8-10 deal with the second to the ninth plagues, from the plague of frogs to the plague of thick darkness. Note Revelation 9 & 16.
1. God’s sovereignty goes with human responsibility.

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Isaiah: God’s Hand Stretched Out Still

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 9:8 – 10:4

(20 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES: GOD’S HAND STRETCHED OUT STILL (Isaiah 9:8-10:4)
C. S. Lewis: ‘I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really …

Isaiah: The Child Who is God

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 9:6,7 (NO AUDIO)

(23 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THE CHILD WHO IS GOD (Isaiah 9:6-7)
The virgin shall conceive and give birth to Immanuel, ‘God with us’ (Isaiah 7:14), and now in Isaiah 9:6 it is explicitly said that the child is divine. Gal.4:4.

1. He will …

Life of Moses: God Will Fulfil His Promises

Peter Barnes: Exodus 6:1-30

(23 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GOD WILL FULFIL HIS PROMISES (Exodus 6:1-30)

In Exodus 5 everything seems to unravel. Moses was a man in need of some spiritual comfort and bolstering before the task ahead.

1. The wonderful comfort of the sovereign God’s ‘I wills’.…

Isaiah: Light Shines in the Darkness

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 9:1-5 (NO AUDIO)

(16 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES: LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS (Isaiah 9:1-5)

Recall the immediate context – Isa.8:21-22. Then in chapter 9 we have the proclamation of the coming of the Messiah. Verses 6-7 are the highlight, but let us look now at the …

Life of Moses: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Peter Barnes: Exodus 5 (NO AUDIO)

(16 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES : IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER (Exodus 5)
We are usually prone to think in terms of coming to faith followed by immediate blessing. Not here! Ancient Egyptians worshipped over 2,000 gods, including Pharaoh himself.

1. In …

Isaiah: Trust in God’s Word

Peter Barnes: Isaiah 8:11-22 (NO AUDIO)

(9 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES: TRUST IN GOD’S WORD (Isaiah 8:11-22)

The context here is, as it has been for a while, the unbelief of King Ahaz of Judah. He scratches around for a political solution to a spiritual and moral problem.

1. Fear …