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Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:1-4
SERMON NOTES: GREATNESS IS BEING CHILD-LIKE (Matthew 18:1-4)
Matthew’s Gospel is based on five lengthy discourses (chapters 5-7; 10; 13; 18; 24-25), each of which leads into a saying such as ‘When Jesus had finished saying these things …’ (7:28-29; 11:1; 13:53; 19:1; 26:1-2). In Matthew …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:14,15
SERMON NOTES: RELATING TOGETHER (1 Thessalonians 5:14-15)
– John Chrysostom says that Paul is writing to leaders, but Paul actually says that Christians are to admonish each other (5:14a). Larry Crabb: ‘We tend to relate to one another with the hidden purpose of maintaining our …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 1:27
SERMON NOTES: TRANSGENDER (Genesis 1:27)
– I never thought this was an issue. But there is a quite a large Anglican church is Sydney which has something like ten transgender people amongst its members. Chaz Bono: ‘There is a gender in your brain and a gender …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:12,13
SERMON NOTES: ELDER-CONGREGATIONAL RELATIONS (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13)
Calvin: ‘This admonition is very necessary.’ It is directed mainly at the congregation but also the elders (see Acts 14:23. John Stott is right to say that the Bible opposes both clericalism and anti-clericalism.
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Peter Barnes: Psalm 62
SERMON NOTES: TRUST IN YOUR ROCK AND SALVATION (Psalm 62)
– written when Saul was chasing him or when his own son, Absalom, led a civil war against him.
– 62:1-2. David begins with the solution. David is under threat from his …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
SERMON NOTES: FROM ELECTION TO ENCOURAGEMENT (1 Thessalonians 5:9-11)
– he traces salvation all the way through from election to being with Christ forever, and then applies that. It shows how closely doctrine (what we believe) is connected to ethics (what we do).
Peter Barnes: Psalm 56
SERMON NOTES: WHEN I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST GOD (Psalm 56)
David wrote this Psalm when he was afraid, in Gath (see 1 Sam. 21 or 1 Sam. 27 & 29) – 1 Sam. 21:10-12. We will take Psalm 56:3 as the key text.
Peter Barnes : 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8
SERMON NOTES: BE AWAKE AND SOBER! (1 Thessalonians 5:4-8)
In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Paul has been comforting Christians who were worried about the state of those Christians who had died before Christ’s return, and in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 he is encouraging Christians to live …
Peter Barnes : Psalm 49
SERMON NOTES : WEALTH CANNOT RANSOM US (Psalm 49)
– a wisdom Psalm; like the book of Ecclesiastes with a more definite hope added. 1 Peter 1:18-19.
– 49:1-4. To whom is the Psalmist speaking? To everybody. Like Micah 1:2 …
Peter Barnes: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4
SERMON NOTES: KNOWING ABOUT THE SECOND COMING (1 Thessalonians 5:1-4)
– they needed some clarification on some issues – 3:9-10. In 4:13-18 Paul had dealt with deceased believers; in 5:1-11 he deals with living believers awaiting the second coming.
