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Peter Barnes | Exodus 21:12-36
SERMON NOTES
CURBING VIOLENCE
Exodus 21:12-36
– Gen.3 leads to Gen.4; Prov.8:35-36. The news is full of violence: murders, wars, assaults, abortion and euthanasia.
1. Deliberate murder warrants the death penalty.
– 21:12; Gen.9:6; Rom.13:4. See Ex.21:13-14 and 1 Kings …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:7
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN HUSBAND
1 Peter 3:7
– Peter is dealing with a Christian husband married to a Christian wife.
1. Be understanding.
– the ESV and the NKJV have ‘understanding, while the NIV has ‘be considerate’, but the word literally is ‘knowledge’.…
Peter Barnes | Gen.1:29-30; 9:3-4; Lev.11; Acts 10
SERMON NOTES
GOD AND FOOD LAWS
Gen.1:29-30; 9:3-4; Lev.11; Acts 10
The Bible is not a flat text-book of systematic theology, but an unfolding of God’s revelation through history.
1. Herbs in Paradise.
– Gen.1:29-30. Dogs ate lettuce, and cats did not …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 3:1-6
SERMON NOTES
HOW TO LIVE WITH AN UNBELIEVER
1 Peter 3:1-6
– 2:11-12. Believers not to marry unbelievers (Deut.7:1-4; 1 Cor.7:39).
Plutarch: ‘it is becoming for a wife to worship and to know only the gods that her husband believes in’.
1. Be faithful …
Peter Barnes | Gen.9:3-6; Prov.12:10; Isa.11:6-9
SERMON NOTES
GOD AND ANIMAL LIFE
Gen.9:3-6; Prov.12:10; Isa.11:6-9
– there is a repeated claim today that human beings and animals are of equal worth.
1. We are created in God’s image; animals are not.
– Gen.1:27-28. Even after the Fall, that is true …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:24-25
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST OUR SUBSTITUTE
1 Peter 2:24-25
– Christ is our example and our substitute – 1 John 1:7; 2:6 is like 1 Peter 2:21-23, 24-25. Behind all this is Isaiah 53.
1. Christ died for sinners.
– 2:24. As Paul Gerhardt: ‘Mine, …
Peter Barnes | 1 Kings 2:1-12
SERMON NOTES
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO SOLOMON
1 Kings 2:1-12
– Jacob spoke to all twelve of his sons in Genesis 49; David only to Solomon.
1. Face the reality of death.
– 2:1-2a; like Josh. 23:14. Most of humanity will live life along the …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:21-23
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
1 Peter 2:21-23
– Christ is our example (2:21-23) and our substitute (2:24-25).
1. Christ is our example.
– 2:21. That word was used to describe a method by which youngsters were taught the Greek alphabet. Jesus is like …
