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Peter Barnes | 1 Kings 1:11-53
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S TROUBLES IN OLD AGE
1 Kings 1:11-53
Solomon is anointed as king, and Adonijah goes from party mode to fearing for his life. All of this takes place while David was lying on his deathbed.
1. David acts decisively.
– Nathan …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:18-20
SERMON NOTES
SUFFERING AS A SLAVE
1 Peter 2:18-20
– many Christians were slaves (e.g. 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Ephesians 6:5-8; Colossians 3:22-25; 1 Tim.6:1-2; Titus 2:9-10; Philemon). Possibly about one-third of the population of the Roman Empire consisted of slaves.
1. The slave was …
Peter Barnes | 1 Kings 1:1-10
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S TROUBLES IN OLD AGE
1 Kings 1:1-10
Succession planning has ever been an issue in human history.
1. The frailty of old age.
– 1:1. He was not like Moses – Deut.34:7.
– an illustration of what Ecclesiastes tells us – …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:16-17
SERMON NOTES
LIVE AS FREE SERVANTS
1 Peter 2:16-17
– Calvin writes of ‘a free servitude, and a serving freedom’.
1. Live as free servants.
– 2:16. It is crucial that we get this right – John 8:36; 14:15; Gal.5:1, 13. Also 2 Peter …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 24
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S CENSUS: MERCY & ATONEMENT
2 Samuel 24, part 2
– God was angry with Israel before He was angry with David and his census – 24:1. David points to Christ.
1. God’s mercy restrains His holy wrath.
– 24:15-16. There is …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:13-15
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIL AUTHORITY
1 Peter 2:13-15
1. Our general obligation is to submit to all civil authority.
– 2:13-14a. The Christian’s general duty towards those in authority is to submit. Prov.24:21-22; Jer.29:7.
– this is not absolute, and there are …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 24
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S CENSUS
2 Samuel 24, part 1
Walter Chantry: ‘David was not out of the Devil’s reach when his hair was grey.’
1. The sin of Israel and of David.
– 24:1. Why was God so angry with Israel? 2 Sam.15-18 and …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:11-12
SERMON NOTES
STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS IN THE WORLD
1 Peter 2:11-12
– How is a Christian to live in this world? Work from the general to the particular – that is the right order.
1. Christians are strangers and exiles in the world.
– …
