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Peter Barnes | Revelation 22:12-15
SERMON NOTES
WASHING OUR ROBES
John 20:19-31; Revelation 22:12-15
– this is all based on the resurrection
1. We will be judged according to our works.
– 22:12; Eccles.12:14; Matt.7:21-23; 16:27; Rev.20:12-15
– this is meant to be a frightening prospect
2. The judge will …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:23-26a
SERMON NOTES
ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED
(Romans 11:23-26a)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones called it ‘one of the most remarkable prophecies in the Bible’.
1. God is more readily able to convert Israel.
– 11:23-24; sounds odd.
2. Paul reveals a mystery to keep Gentiles from being …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:4-9
SERMON NOTES
BLESSING FOR ZION
Isaiah 61:4-9; Revelation 22:1-16
– Jesus is the one prophesied in Isaiah 61 (see Luke 4:21)
1. Zion will see restoration and joy.
– 61:4, 7; 65:17-19
– this is too much for the restoration after the exile in the …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:1-3
SERMON NOTES
THE YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOUR
Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:14-30
– Jesus is the one prophesied in Isaiah 61 (see Luke 4:21)
1. Here is the Spirit-anointed Servant.
– 61:1; see 11:1-2; 42:1
– the apostles pointed to Christ (2 Cor.4:5); Christ points …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:21-22
SERMON NOTES
THE KINDNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD
(Romans 11:21-22)
Robert Haldane: ‘Men generally form in their imagination the character of God according to their own inclination. It is the duty of the Christian to take God’s character as it is given by Himself.’
1. …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 60:10-22
SERMON NOTES
THE NATIONS HONOUR ZION
Isaiah 60:10-22; Revelation 21:1-8, 22-27
– this is the new Zion which culminates in the new heaven and the new earth (Gal.4:25-26, 31; Heb.12:22-24; Rev.21:2).
– Glorious things of thee are spoken,/ Zion, city of our God (John Newton)…
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:17-20
SERMON NOTES
HUMBLE BRANCHES
(Romans 11:17-20)
Paul draws on the Old Testament image of the professing people of God in Jer.11:16-17; Hos.14:6-7
1. The root, the natural branches, and the wild branches.
– 11:17-18; the root is not the Jews so much as the patriarchs, …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 60:1-9
SERMON NOTES
ARISE FOR GLORY SHINES
Isaiah 60:1-9; Matthew 4:12-25
– Isaiah is fond of the ‘light’ imagery (2:5; 5:20; 9:2; 10:17; 49:6; 51:4).
1. The darkness of unbelief.
– 60:2; 1 John 5:19; note Matt.4:15-16
– Bonhoeffer: ‘One is distressed by the failure of …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:15-16
SERMON NOTES
THE HOLY COVENANT GIVES LIFE
(Romans 11:15-16)
Augustine on Romans 9-11: ‘Here Paul begins to speak of his hope for the Jews, lest the Gentiles in their turn become condescending toward them. For just as the pride of the Jews had to be …
