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Peter Barnes Zephaniah 1:1-3
(15 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH (Zeph.1:1-3)
Zephaniah lived before the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem about 587 B.C. King Josiah is mentioned, who reigned from 640-609 B.C. Zephaniah emphasises the Day of the Lord e.g. 1:14-16. He spoke of judgment more than …
Shane Gooch: Luke 9:28-36
Sermon Outline: Living in the Shadow of the Mountain
Sunday
Mt 16.22-23; Mk 8.32-33
Ex 33.18-23; Ex 34.29-35
Phil 3.20-21
Monday
Lk 9.1-2
Mk 9.22b-24
Col 3.1-17
Happy are those Christians who have learned to live for others more than for themselves and who understand that …
Shane Gooch: Luke 9:23-25
Sermon Notes: True Discipleship
…make disciples of all nations – Mt 28.19
We can’t fulfill the Great Commission unless we know what true discipleship is
Context
Who is this man? – Lk 5.21; 7.20-21, 49; 8.25; 9.9
Who do you say that I am? – Lk …
Peter Barnes: Psalm 83
(8 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD AND ISRAEL’S ENEMIES (Psalm 83)
This 83rd Psalm was written by Asaph who is the author of twelve Psalms (Ps.50; 73-83). It is not dated, but may come from Jehoshaphat’s day when Judah was under attack – 2 Chron.20:1.
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:10-14
(8 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD CARES FOR HIS LITTLE ONES (Matthew 18:10-14)
The parable about the shepherd with the 100 sheep, and one going astray is found in Luke 15:1-7 and in Matthew 18:12-14. In Luke 15 it deals with conversion more than backsliding whereas …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28
(1 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: PRAYING, GREETING, READING (1 Thessalonians 5:25-28)
Sanctification, or growing in holiness, is often, as B. B. Warfield says, ‘a slow process’, but it should be a real and energetic process.
– 5:25; these Thessalonian Christians, who …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:22-24
SERMON NOTES: GROWING IN GRACE (1 Thessalonians 5:22-24)
H. Auden was an atheist when he met the novelist Charles Williams, and he recorded that he felt ‘for the first time in my life … in the presence of personal sanctity’.
Peter Barnes : Matthew 18:5,6
SERMON NOTES: JUDGMENT FOR LEADING A LITTLE ONE ASTRAY (Matthew 18:5-6)
– Jesus uses the word for ‘child’ in verse 5, and ‘little ones’ (‘micro ones’) in verse 6. Most of the scholars (R. T. France, Don Carson, Craig Keener) say that the child is …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21
SERMON NOTES: DISCERNMENT WITHOUT QUENCHING (1 Thessalonians 5:19-21)
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
SERMON NOTES: REJOICING, PRAYING, GIVING THANKS (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)
Notice the ‘all’ language in each of the three verses. In all things, we are to be a people who rejoice, who pray, and who give thanks.
– 5:16. Paul was a rejoicing man …
