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Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 18:19-19:8
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S GRIEF: PRESSING ON WHEN DEVASTATED
2 Samuel 18:19-19:8
David’s grief is so excessive that he came closer to doing more damage to his position as king than Absalom ever could.
1. David’s terrible grief.
– 18:19-33. Weeping is allowed; it is …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:17
SERMON NOTES
CALLING UPON THE JUDGE IN FEAR
1 Peter 1:17
– Peter has been exhorting his readers to live as holy pilgrims in a hostile world, pointing to a number of motives: grace (1:13); the holiness of God (1:14-16); and the judgment of …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 18:1-18
SERMON NOTES
THE DEATH OF ABSALOM
2 Samuel 18:1-18
– Roger Ellsworth calls Absalom ‘one of the Bible’s most despicable characters’. Dale Ralph Davis writes of ‘The Sad Triumph’; John Woodhouse of ‘Where Love and Justice Do Not Meet’.
1. The wisdom not to …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:13-16
SERMON NOTES
A HEAVENLY INHERITANCE, A HOLY LIFE
1 Peter 1:13-16
– on the basis of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, Christians have in heaven an imperishable, undefiled and unfading inheritance. How then do we live?
1. Prepare your mind for …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 17:15-29
SERMON NOTES
RESPONDING TO TROUBLES
2 Samuel 17:15-29
– in the latter part of 2 Samuel 17 we read of a series of incidents leading up to the battle between David and Absalom.
1. The wisdom, courage and kindness of the godly.
(a) Hushai …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:10-12
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
1 Peter 1:10-12
– Luke 24:25-27, 32, 44-45.
1. The Old Testament prophets preached grace.
– 1:10-12. Notice from verse 10 that the Old Testament prophets prophesied grace. John 8:56.
– NIV takes the …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:6-9
SERMON NOTES
JOY IN TRIALS
1 Peter 1:6-9
– Psalm 30:5; 2 Cor.4:17.
1. We are tested in this life.
– 1:6-7; James 1:2-3. Job (Job 1-2), Abraham (Gen.22), and Peter (Luke 22:31-32) were all tested.
– Luke 8:13; Thomas Case: ‘Affliction is a …
