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Peter Barnes | Micah 7:14-20
SERMON NOTES
FORGIVENESS FULL AND FREE
Micah 7:14-20
Samuel Davies’ ‘Great God of wonders!’:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
1. Prayer for the Shepherd-Messiah.
– 7:14-15; see 5:2-4.
– Matt.9:35-36. The cause of Christ can …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:19-37
SERMON NOTES
TRIALS AND INTRIGUES
2 Samuel 15:19-37
There are three main episodes:
(a) Ittai the Gittite supports David;
(b) Zadok, Abiathar, and the priests were sent back to Jerusalem with the ark of God;
(c) Hushai is sent to be a spy for …
Peter Barnes | Micah 7:8-13
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S PEOPLE WILL ARISE
Micah 7:8-13
– a strange principle which drives the whole Bible – 2 Cor.4:9-10. Calvin: ‘Though heaven and earth should collapse, we will remain unscathed.’ Micah is prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and then the restoration …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:1-18
SERMON NOTES
HOW POLITICS WORKS
2 Samuel 15:1-18
Absalom attempts to seize the throne from David, his own father.
1. The politics of deceit.
– 15:1; note Deut.17:14-17.
– 15:2-3. He plants insinuations, sows dissatisfaction, and agrees with everybody.
– 15:4. It is a …
Peter Barnes | Micah 7:1-7
SERMON NOTES
HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DISINTEGRATION
Micah 7:1-7
Micah describes eighth century B.C. Israel as like a gleaned crop where there is nothing left (7:1).
1. Sin causes disintegration in society.
– there is violence and corruption (7:2-3).
– it is the law …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 14:1-33
SERMON NOTES
MERCY OR WEAKNESS?
2 Samuel 14
– David longs for Absalom – 13:39; 14:1. Dale Ralph Davis says that David’s heart was against Absalom. The two emotions can co-exist in the one heart, so there is no real need to decide between …
Kirk Zylstra | Facing Life’s Hurdles
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Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:20-39
SERMON NOTES
IF NO JUSTICE, THEN REVENGE
2 Samuel 13:20-39
– Ps.94:1-12. Then justice and mercy will be seen together, but here David flounders.
1. Ineffectual justice makes for more injustice.
– 13:21; Lev.20:17; Eccles.8:11.
– also 13:30-39.
Why was David so ineffectual?
(a) …
Peter Barnes | Micah 6:9-16
SERMON NOTES
INTERPRETING RUIN
Micah 6:9-16
– 6:9; to fear God is sound wisdom.
1. God chastens His wayward people.
– 6:9. The rod is surely Assyria – Isa.10:5. The God of the Bible chastens His people. Heb.12:5-11.
Calvin: ‘Don’t wait for God to strike.’…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 13:1-22
SERMON NOTES
LUST AND LOVE
2 Samuel 13:1-22
– the positive side in Proverbs 5 and the Song of Songs. D. L. Moody referred to lust as ‘the devil’s counterfeit of love’.
1. Recognise lust for what it is.
– 13:1-2. Amnon may be …
