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Peter Barnes | Psalm 18:20-50
SERMON NOTES
GOD WINS THE WAR FOR HIS PEOPLE (part 2)
Psalm 18
1. The Lord rewards the righteous.
– 18:20-24; this is not self-righteousness
– only Christ can say this absolutely, but it does have meaning for the Christian e.g. Eph.2:10; Micah 6:8; Acts …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 18:1-19
SERMON NOTES
GOD WINS THE WAR FOR HIS PEOPLE (part 1)
Psalm 18
– only Psalm 78 and 119 are longer; very similar to 2 Samuel 22.
1. God is our rock.
– 18:1-3; see Deut.32:4, 18; Gen.15:1; ‘A mighty fortress is our God’ (Luther).…
Peter Barnes | Matthew 16:21-23
SERMON NOTES
THE DEVIL AND THE BELIEVER
(Matthew 16:21-23)
– 1 John 5:18 does not mean that the devil cannot sway us.
1. The devil can use what is not obviously evil.
– Matt.16:21-23. Poor Peter – blessed in verse 17 and a Satan in …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 16
SERMON NOTES
FULLNESS OF JOY IN THE RESURRECTION
Psalm 16; Acts 2:22-41
– joy in this life and the next.
1. Faith in God.
– 16:1-2; good definition of faith: to take refuge in God and know we have no good apart from Him
– …
Peter Barnes | 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
SERMON NOTES
THE DEVIL AND THE UNBELIEVER
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
– how to explain Acts 13:44-45; 14:19; 17:32; 19:8-9; and how to explain Paul himself before his conversion (Acts 8:1-3; 9:4-6, 10-19).
1. Unbelievers are blind and perishing.
– 4:3-4; this extends what Paul …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 6
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE
Psalm 6; 2 Samuel 15:1-12
– Augustine of Hippo died reading the seven penitential Psalms. The context for David may be the rebellion of Absalom.
1. God chastens His people.
– 6:1-3, 6-7; see Heb.12:5-6
– Peter …
Peter Barnes | John 3:6; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:17
SERMON NOTES
A NEW CREATION
(John 3:6; 1 Cor.15:22; 2 Cor.5:17)
– there are two realms
1. Being in the flesh means …
(a) we cannot save ourselves.
– John 3:6; Adam improved is still Adam in sin and …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 52
SERMON NOTES
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND YET HOPE
Jeremiah 52
– last words of Jeremiah in 51:64; Jer. 52 is possibly from Baruch; almost the same as 2 Kings 24:18-25:30.
1. God’s promises seem to be undone.
(a) the Davidic kingship is virtually destroyed…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 11
SERMON NOTES
OVERCOME BY THE FLESH
(2 Samuel 11)
– Calvin says this should make our hair stand on end; it is the man after God’s own heart who falls (Acts 13:22).
1. Sin begins in the heart.
– 11:1-5; he probably should have …
