Zephaniah: Jerusalem Should Know Better

Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:1-8

(19 November 2017)

SERMON NOTES: JERUSALEM SHOULD KNOW BETTER! (Zephaniah 3:1-8)

Jerusalem should know better!
1. The city of God is corrupt.

– 3:1-2. Jerusalem goes her own way, and does what she likes. Calvin called unbelief ‘the mother of all the evil deeds’ that men …

Revelation: Ephesus Lost its First Love

Peter Barnes: Revelation 2:1-7

(19 November 2017)

SERMON NOTES : EPHESUS: LOST ITS FIRST LOVE (Rev.2:1-7)

Ephesus was the most important city of proconsular Asia, and probably the fourth largest city of the ancient world. Paul worked there for three years (Acts 20:31); and later Timothy stayed there (1 Tim.1:3). …

Zephaniah: Judgement on the Nations

Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 2:4:15

(12 November 2017)

SERMON NOTES: JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS (Zephaniah 2:4-15)

God speaks of His judgment against Israel’s enemies: the Philistine cities to the west (2:4-7); Moab and Ammon to the east (2:8-11); the Cushites (NIV, ESV) or Ethiopians (NKJV) or even the Sudan to the …

Revelation: John’s Vision of Christ

Peter Barnes: Revelation 1:9-20

(12 November 2017) : No Audio Available.

SERMON NOTES : JOHN’S VISION OF CHRIST (Revelation 1:9-20)

John was in exile on the island of Patmos (1:9), perhaps for refusing to participate in emperor worship. In early Church literature the Lord’s Day is always Sunday (1:10). Echoes …

Zephaniah: Seek the Lord Before the Day Comes

Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:14-2:3

(November 5 2017)

SERMON NOTES: SEEK THE LORD BEFORE THE DAY COMES (Zephaniah 1:14-2:3)

– John 5:28-29. Zephaniah speaks of the day of the Lord, but the news is a warning more than a comfort.

1. A day of great judgment is coming.

– 1:14-18. Francis …

Revelation: Christ to the Churches

Peter Barnes: Revelation 1:1-8

(5 November 2017)

SERMON NOTES: CHRIST TO THE CHURCHES (Revelation 1:1-8)

Luther:  ‘everyone  thinks  of  the  book  whatever  his  spirit  imparts’.  Calvin  never  preached  on  the  Apocalypse.  Spurgeon:  ‘There  is  a  whole  Book  of  Revelation  which  I  do  not  understand’  and  ‘Only  fools  and  madmen  are  …

Matthew 18: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:21-35

(29 October 2017)

SERMON NOTES: THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT (Matthew 18:21-35)

– Corrie  ten  Boom  at  a  church  service  in  Munich  met  a  former  S.S.  man  from  Ravensbruck.  Here  are  Corrie’s  words:

Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the …

Zephaniah: The Judge of His Own People

Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:4-13

(22 October 2017)

SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF HIS OWN PEOPLE (Zephaniah 1:4-13)

– ‘The  Day  of  the  Lord’  is  a  day  of  judgment  (1:7-3:8)  and  yet  also  of  hope  (3:9-20).  Earlier,  there  was  Amos 5:18-20;  Isa. 34:7;  35:10.

  1. The sins  of  God’s  covenant  people.

– …

Matthew 18: Discipline in the Church

Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:15-17

(15 October 2017)

SERMON NOTES: DISCIPLINE  IN  THE  CHURCH  (Matthew 18:15-17)

– J.  C.  Ryle:  ‘on  no  point  have  churches  made  so  many  mistakes  –  sometimes  on  the  side  of  sleepy  remissness,  sometimes  on  the  side  of  blind  severity.’

  1. A private  admonition.

– 18:15.  Some  manuscripts  …

Matthew 18: Unity in the Presence of Christ

Peter Barnes: Matthew 18: 18-20

(22 October 2017)

SERMON NOTES: UNITY  IN  THE  PRESENCE  OF  CHRIST  (Matthew 18:18-20)

Flows  on  from  18:15-17.

  1. There is  Christ-given  authority  behind  church  discipline.

– 18:18.  Jesus  had  already  said  something  similar  to  Peter  in  16:19.  The  keys  to  the  kingdom  consist  of  teaching  and  …