Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:18-19
SERMON NOTES
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT CHRISTS!
Ezekiel 13:1-23; 1 John 2:18-19
– focus on the right Christ
1. We live in the last hour.
– 2:18; the Old Testament looks to that day (Amos 9:11-12; Isa.2:2-4)
– Acts 2:17; Heb.1:1-2; 1 Peter 1:20; we …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:15-17
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD
Genesis 3:1-19; 1 John 2:15-17
– there is a sense in which the world is to be loved (John 3:16; Matt.5:44-45), but we are not to join in its rebellion against God.
1. It is impossible to …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:12-14
SERMON NOTES
VARIOUS GRADES OF GRACE
Deuteronomy 31:1-13; 1 John 2:12-14
– one covenant community of various types. Age groups in 1 Tim.5:1-2, but probably 1 John 2:12-14 is dealing with various grades of spiritual maturity.
– Deut.31:12-13; Ralph Venning: ‘They are all in …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:7-11
SERMON NOTES
THE TEST OF LOVE
Deuteronomy 24:7-22; 1 John 2:7-11
Robert Murray McCheyne: ‘For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ!’ Calvin: ‘fictitious sanctity dazzles the eyes of almost all men’.
1. Jesus commands Christians to love each other.
– 2:7-8a; …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:3-6
SERMON NOTES
ASSURANCE THROUGH OBEDIENCE
Psalm 40; 1 John 2:3-6
Robert Murray McCheyne: ‘For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ!’ Nevertheless, there is 2 Cor.13:5.
1. We grow in assurance by obeying God’s commandments.
– 2:3-4; John 14:15; Calvin: ‘no evil …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:1-2
SERMON NOTES
SIN AND THE BELIEVER
Jeremiah 23:1-8; 1 John 2:1-2
Calvin calls this ‘almost the whole gospel’.
1. We must desire holiness.
– 2:1; Calvin Coolidge: ‘He was agin it.’
– Lev.19:2 and Eph.2:8-9 together
2. We have a righteous advocate in Jesus …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:8-10
SERMON NOTES
CONFESSING SIN
Psalm 14; 1 John 1:8-10
John Stott: ‘It is possible to be both too lenient and too severe towards sin.’
1. We all have sin.
– 1:8; this probably refers to our sinful nature
– Ps.51:5; Rom.6:23
2. We have …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:5-7
SERMON NOTES
GOD IS LIGHT
Psalm 36; 1 John 1:5-2:2
Three false claims – in 1:6, 8, 10. Robert Yarbrough calls verse 5 ‘the main burden of the Epistle’.
1. God is light.
– 1:5; in a sense this comes before ‘God is love’ …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:1-4
SERMON NOTES
THE INCARNATE WORD
Deuteronomy 4:1-14; 1 John 1:1-10
– split in 2:19, hence the need for assurance in 5:13.
(a) the doctrinal test (4:2)
(b) the relationships test (4:20-21)
(c) the obedience test (2:3-4)
1. Christ is the God-man, a real supernatural …
