Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:6-9
SERMON NOTES
JOY IN TRIALS
1 Peter 1:6-9
– Psalm 30:5; 2 Cor.4:17.
1. We are tested in this life.
– 1:6-7; James 1:2-3. Job (Job 1-2), Abraham (Gen.22), and Peter (Luke 22:31-32) were all tested.
– Luke 8:13; Thomas Case: ‘Affliction is a …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:3-5
SERMON NOTES
A GLORIOUS INHERITANCE
1 Peter 1:3-5
– Peter: ‘You praise God first, and count your blessings in Christ.’ Peter even practised what he preached – Acts 5:40-41.
1. A Christian has been born again through Christ’s resurrection.
– 1:3. How many worldly …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:1-2
SERMON NOTES
THE WORK OF THE TRIUNE GOD
1 Peter 1:1-2
1 Peter is about Christians who are suffering as pilgrims in a hostile world. Peter is writing as an apostle, to whom he calls ‘elect exiles of the Dispersion’ – read 1 Peter …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:5
SERMON NOTES
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
Isaiah 53:1-12; 1 Peter 2:18-25
– Isaiah 53:5 was one of the texts that Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached from in his last sermon, delivered in a schoolhouse in Schönberg, just before the Gestapo hanged him. Note too 1 Peter 2:24.…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 16:1-14
SERMON NOTES
OPPORTUNISTS AND TURNCOATS
2 Samuel 16:1-14
Rebellions are an ideal time for political vultures.
1. Watch out for deceivers.
– 16:1-4. Ziba was a liar out to look after himself. We have met him earlier, in 2 Sam.9:9-10.
– see 2 Sam.19:24-27; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 33
SERMON NOTES
GOD OF STEADFAST LOVE
Psalm 33; 1 Peter 1:1-9
– the Psalm is anonymous and has no title, but is a lovely Psalm of praise.
1. We are to rejoice in the praise of God.
– 33:1-3; Calvin and Spurgeon are against the …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:6-8
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S WORD IS FOREVER
Isaiah 40:6-8; 1 Peter 1:10-25
– contrast between us and God’s Word
1. We are unreliable and mortal.
– 40:6-8; perhaps in the month of May
– the Bible often tells us this (Ps.90:5-6; 103:15-16)
– or clay (Isa.64:8) …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 7:2-17
SERMON NOTES
GOD, THE ARK, AND THE PHILISTINES
1 Samuel 7:2-17; 1 Peter 5:1-11
1. We are to be serious in seeking the Lord.
– 7:1-4
– conviction of sin (as in Acts 2:37-38) and only the worship of the true God.
2. Signs …
Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 5:17-25
SERMON NOTES
THE ROLE OF ELDERS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH
1 Tim. 5:17-25; 1 Peter 5:1-11
– they appear without explanation in Acts 11:30; 14:23; 15:2, 4, 6, 23; 20:17, 28; 21:18; clearly taken over from the Old Testament.
– an elder and …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:21-24
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST – OUR EXAMPLE AND OUR SUBSTITUTE
(1 Peter 2:21-24)
– addressed specifically to slaves (2:21)
1. Christ our example.
(a) He is sinless. 2:22; 1 John 2:6; Acts 10:37-38; 2 Cor.5:21
(b) He did not retaliate. 2:23a. Charles Simeon: …
