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Peter Merrick : Mark 6: 30-44
(7 January 2018)
SERMON NOTES: Mark 6:30-44 The Feeding of the 5,000 Men
With the exception of the incarnation and resurrection of Jesus, this is the only miracle which is recorded in all four of the Gospels.
1. Jesus Knows Us and Knows That …
Aaron Balmforth: The Word (John 1:1-18)
(31 December 2017)
Martin Luther: “…this is the unique tender genuine chief Gospel and should a tyrant succeed in destroying the Holy Scriptures but only a single copy of the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel according to John escape him then Christianity …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 3:1-6
(24 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : SARDIS: NOT WHAT IT SEEMS (Revelation 3:1-6)
The church at Sardis was almost dead but it had a reputation for life.
1. Appearance is not always reality.
– 3:1. Somehow it looked alive, but it was actually spiritually dead. 2 …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:18-29
(17 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : THYATIRA: TOO TOLERANT (Revelation 2:18-29)
Pliny the Elder said that Thyatira was ‘a city of no first-rate dignity’. It was known for its many trade guilds, each with its patron deity. To get a job in Thyatira, one needed to …
Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:2-17
(3 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES : PERGAMUM: COMPROMISING ITS WITNESS (Rev.2:12-17)
– Sometimes it can be easier to face persecution from the outside rather than seduction from within.
1. Christ with the sword of judgment.
– 2:12. Why is Christ described in this way? For Smyrna …
Peter Barnes: Deuteronomy 18:15-18; Hebrews 3:1-6; John 1:15-18
(10 December 2017 – Sunday School Service)
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Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:17
(17 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: QUIETENED BY LOVE, EXULTED IN PRAISE (Zephaniah 3:17)
O. Palmer Robertson calls it ‘the John 3:16 of the Old Testament.’
1. God is the Mighty One.
– 3:17. Calvin quotes the Roman pagan poet Ovid: ‘Not well do agree, nor dwell …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:14-20
(10 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: SALVATION TO ISRAEL (Zephaniah 3:14-20)
– ‘I will’ is found 21 times in Zephaniah, and there are a cluster of them at the end here (3:18-20). This is applied in a number of layers: to the return after the Babylonian exile, …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:9-13
(26 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD CONVERTS THE REMNANT (Zephaniah 3:9-13)
Judgment is universal, but there will be a remnant that know the grace of God.
1. God calls a remnant.
– 3:11-13; see Matt.7:13-14; Luke 12:32.
2. Jews and Gentiles are part of the remnant.…
Peter Barnes : Revelation 2:8-11
(26 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES : SMYRNA: FAITHFUL UNDER PERSECUTION (Rev.2:8-11)
– only Smyrna (2:8-11) and Philadelphia (3:7-13) are not criticised by Christ. Smyrna was a centre for emperor worship – one had to obtain a certificate which stated one had sacrificed to the godhead …
