Sermons

No Envy, No Superiority (1 Corinthians 12:14-26)

 

John Wesley said that there is no such thing as solitary Christianity. To be a Christian means to be a part of the body of Christ.

  1. There is one body and many members.
    • 12:14, 18, 20, 25-26.
    • note the empathy in verses 25-26; see 2 Cor.11:28.
    • God’s gifting in
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All Baptised In One Spirit (1 Cor. 12:12-13)

 

  1. There is one body, but many members.
    • 12:12-13. Christ only has one body; it would be monstrous to have two, three, four, five bodies. Put the language issue to one side, there ought not to be Jewish churches, African American churches, white apartheid churches, – not if they are
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A Diversity Of Gifts For The Common Good (1 Cor. 12:1-11)

 

Paul is correcting a wrong view of gifts.

  1. The Spirit proclaims Jesus as Lord.
    • 12:2-3. This could be ecstatic worship, which is fundamentally unchristian – 1 Cor.14:29, 32. Lucian: ‘A sort of god carries us away wherever he wills, and it is impossible to resist him.’
    • John 16:14. It
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Preparing For The Supper (1 Cor. 11–27-34)

 

We see abuses at the Lord’s Supper – 11:17-22; the meaning of the Supper – 11:23-26; and now preparing to keep the Supper – 11:27-34.

  1. We need to examine ourselves.
    • 11:27-29. The Heidelberg Catechism Question 81: ‘Who are to come to the table of the Lord?’ And it gives
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The Meaning Of The Lord’s Supper (1 Cor.11:23-26)

 

These are the familiar words read out every communion service.

  1. The Lord’s Supper is part of a relay of gospel truth.
    • 11:23a. The account is especially close to Luke 22:19-20.
    • 1 Cor.15:3; 2 Cor.12:1-7; Gal.1:11-12. There is a relay of truth.
  2. The Supper is a memorial of Calvary.
    • 11:23-25.
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Abusing The Lord’s Supper (1 Cor.11:17-22)

 

In the New Testament the Lord’s Supper was either a full meal of bread and wine or was celebrated at the end of the agape or love-feast. See Jude 12. Paul deals with abuses at the Supper (11:17-22); the meaning of the Supper (11:23-26); and the right participation in …

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Handling Temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13)

Peter Barnes: Handling Temptation, 1 Corinthians 10:13 (Sunday 19 April 2020 Morning Service)

Oscar Wilde: ‘I can resist anything except temptation.’ It sounds like Wilde – wit without wisdom. Calvin and Paul Barnett see v.13 as ‘a word of hope’, but it is both a consolation and a warning. Thomas …

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Guide me, O Great Jehovah

Peter Barnes: 1 Cor 10:27 NO AUDIO

(19 August 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GUIDE ME, O GREAT JEHOVAH (1 Cor. 10:27)

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,/ Pilgrim through this barren land. R. C. Sproul tells how five friends of his in five different American cities all told him of …

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Sexuality in Genesis – When Temptation Comes

Peter Barnes | Genesis 35:22; 39:1-23

SERMON  NOTES
WHEN TEMPTATION COMES
Genesis 35:22; 39:1-23; 1 Cor.6:12-20

Alexander Pope:

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

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