Revelation: The Song of the Redeemed

Peter Barnes: Revelation 15:1-8

(15 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED (Revelation 15)

C. S. Lewis: ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’ Revelation 15-16 concentrate on …

2 Thessalonians: Beware the Man of Sin

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5

(8 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES : BEWARE THE MAN OF SIN (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5)

– the man of sin must come before Christ returns.
1. We need to beware of deception.

– 2:1-3a. The KJV says that the day of the Lord is ‘at hand’, …

Revelation: The Sealed in Babylon

Peter Barnes: Revelation 14

(8 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES : THE SEALED IN BABYLON (Rev.14)
The chapter at least breaks into three obvious sections: the Lamb and the 144,000 (14:1-5); the three angels warning the world (14:6-13); and the Last Judgment carried out by the Son of Man (14:14-20).
1. …

Matthew 21: The New Temple (Easter Sunday)

Peter Barnes: Matthew 21:42

(1 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THE NEW TEMPLE (Matt.21:42)

The vineyard is Israel – as we can see from Psalm 80:8-9 and Isaiah 5:1-2, 7. Note Rom.11:20-22. Matt. 21:42 is from Psalm 118:22-23.
1. The Stone is rejected.

– the temple with its sacrifices for sin …

Acts 5: Preaching the Resurrected Christ (Easter Sunday)

Peter Barnes: Acts 5:27-32

(1 April 2018)

SERMON NOTES : PREACHING THE RESURRECTED CHRIST (Acts 5:27-32)
Here the apostles are in trouble, as Peter exchanges words with the high priest, who was a Sadducee. Acts 3-5 should be read as a unit.
1. We must confess God’s truth against the …

2 Thessalonians: The Coming Judgement of Christ

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:9-12

(25 March 2018)

SERMON NOTES: THE COMING JUDGMENT OF CHRIST : (2 Thessalonians 1:9-12)

Christ’s coming again does not appear to usher in a millennium of a thousand years of bliss on earth, but the last judgment.
1. The punishment of eternal destruction.

– 1:9; …

2 Thessalonians: Suffering Now & Then

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8

(18 March 2018)

SERMON NOTES: SUFFERING NOW AND THEN (2 Thessalonians 1:5-8)

It is not about suffering now and then, i.e. intermittently, but suffering in this life and the life to come.
1. Being steadfast in persecution enhances faith.

– 1:5. Paul is looking back …

Revelation: The Two Beasts

Peter Barnes: Revelation 13

(18 March 2018)

SERMON NOTES : THE TWO BEASTS (Revelation 13)

The dragon’s two henchmen: The sea beast is political and persecutes (13:1-10); the land beast is religious and deceives (13:11-18).
1. The political beast from the sea.

– 13:1-2. He resembles a composite beast from …

2 Thessalonians: A Steadfast & Growing Faith

Peter Barnes: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4

(11 March 2018)

SERMON NOTES: A STEADFAST AND GROWING FAITH (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4)

– 1:1-2. B. B. Warfield on Paul: ‘God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are not to him two objects of worship, two sources of blessing, but one object of worship, …