Backsliding – The Way Back
Peter Barnes | Psalm 77:10-12
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE WAY BACK
(Ps.77:10-12; 1 John 2:1)
– we all fall short of God’s glory
1. Be humbly aware of your own condition.
– Charles Simeon: ‘I would have a conscious unworthiness to pervade every act and habit of my soul’. He …
Paul’s Apostolic Preaching in the Book of Acts – Preaching the Whole Counsel of God
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:25-27
SERMON NOTES
PREACHING THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD (Acts 20:25-27)
Ezekiel 33:1-9; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. Christians are bound together by deep affection.
– 20:25, see v.38; announcing the kingdom (cf. Matt.4:17)
– ‘again’ is not in the Greek so …
Backsliding – The Signs
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 3:22
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE SIGNS
(Jer.3:22; Rev.2:5)
– faith is not static (Jer.3:22; Luke 17:5; Rev.2:4-5). The heart is the key thing (Prov.4:23). Two helpful works are Octavius Winslow’s Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul (1841) and Joel Beeke’s Getting Back in …
Paul’s Apostolic Preaching in the Book of Acts – Dead to Self, Alive to Christ
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:22-24
SERMON NOTES
DEAD TO SELF, ALIVE TO CHRIST (Acts 20:22-24)
Psalm 27; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. We cannot know the future in detail.
– 20:22; note the prayer in Rom.15:30-32
– 1 Cor.16:7-9
2. We can expect opposition.
– 20:23; …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Who Shall Separate Us from the Love of Christ?
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:35-39
SERMON NOTES
WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
(Romans 8:35-39)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones; ‘nothing greater or more wonderful in the whole of Scripture’.
1. No earthly trials can separate the Christian from Christ.
– 8:35-36; the ‘us’ are those of 8:29-30; lists …
Paul’s Apostolic Preaching in the Book of Acts – The Life and Doctrine of the Apostle
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:17-21
SERMON NOTES
THE LIFE AND DOCTRINE OF THE APOSTLE
Ezekiel 3:16-27; Acts 20:17-38
– spoken to elders from Ephesus
1. The Church is to be governed by elders/overseers.
– 20:17; note elders in Acts 11:30; 14:23; 15:4, 6
– elders are called overseers in Acts …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:31-34
SERMON NOTES
IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
(Romans 8:31-34)
– Matthew Henry: ‘If ever Paul rode in a triumphant chariot on this side of heaven, here it is.’
1. God is restricted by no one.
– 8:31; note Ps.27:1; recall …
Paul’s Apostolic Preaching in the Book of Acts – Resurrection, Judgment, Response
Peter Barnes | Acts 17:30-34
SERMON NOTES
RESURRECTION, JUDGMENT, RESPONSE
Psalm 96:1-9; Acts 17:16-34
– applies the sermon in Acts 17:30-34
1. In the light of God’s judgment, we all need to repent.
– 17:30-31; God does not treat the times of ignorance as they deserve (see Rom.3:25)
– but …
Romans: The Heart of the Gospel – Five Links in the Chain of Salvation (part 2)
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:30
SERMON NOTES
FIVE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF SALVATION, part 2
(Romans 8:30)
– verses 29-30 flow from verse 28; Paul says much the same thing in 2 Thess.2:13-14
1. God calls His people.
– a general calling to all and sundry in Acts 17:30; …