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Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 16:15-17:14
SERMON NOTES
SPY VERSUS SPY
2 Samuel 16:15-17:14
– there is an old cartoon series ‘Spy Versus Spy’.
1. The brutal advice of the worldly.
Ahithophel tells Absalom two things:
(a) rape your father’s concubines – 16:20-21. Even unbelievers will sometimes use the expression: …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:3-5
SERMON NOTES
A GLORIOUS INHERITANCE
1 Peter 1:3-5
– Peter: ‘You praise God first, and count your blessings in Christ.’ Peter even practised what he preached – Acts 5:40-41.
1. A Christian has been born again through Christ’s resurrection.
– 1:3. How many worldly …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:1-2
SERMON NOTES
THE WORK OF THE TRIUNE GOD
1 Peter 1:1-2
1 Peter is about Christians who are suffering as pilgrims in a hostile world. Peter is writing as an apostle, to whom he calls ‘elect exiles of the Dispersion’ – read 1 Peter …
Peter Barnes | Hebrews 2:3a
SERMON NOTES
HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SUCH A GREAT SALVATION?
Hebrews 2:3a
– Hebrews uses the word ‘better’ some 13 times. Hence the comparisons as in Heb.9:13-14; 10:28-29.
1. Christ has provided a great salvation.
– this salvation has been wrought by …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 73; Matthew 22:23-33
SERMON NOTES
THE OLD TESTAMENT HOPE OF RESURRECTION
Psalm 73; Matthew 22:23-33
Many people say that the Old Testament is only concerned with this life – Psalm 6:4-5; 30:8-10; Eccles.9:4-6.
But read Matt.22:23, 29; Acts 23:6-9; Heb.11:19. Look at the evidence:
1. Enoch …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:5
SERMON NOTES
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
Isaiah 53:1-12; 1 Peter 2:18-25
– Isaiah 53:5 was one of the texts that Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached from in his last sermon, delivered in a schoolhouse in Schönberg, just before the Gestapo hanged him. Note too 1 Peter 2:24.…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 16:1-14
SERMON NOTES
OPPORTUNISTS AND TURNCOATS
2 Samuel 16:1-14
Rebellions are an ideal time for political vultures.
1. Watch out for deceivers.
– 16:1-4. Ziba was a liar out to look after himself. We have met him earlier, in 2 Sam.9:9-10.
– see 2 Sam.19:24-27; …
