1 Samuel – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au Revesby Presbyterian Church Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:30:22 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://revesbypc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RPC-Logo-2025-Square-200x200.png 1 Samuel – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au 32 32 David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – Saul Embraces Death https://revesbypc.org.au/2015/08/23/david-and-the-kingly-line-of-the-messiah-saul-embraces-death/ Sun, 23 Aug 2015 08:30:22 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=3836 Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 31:1-13

SERMON  NOTES
SAUL EMBRACES DEATH
1 Samuel 31; Matthew 27:1-10

– Saul is like Shakespeare’s Othello – 1 Chron.10:13-14; Heb. 9:27.

1. The tragic duty of Jonathan.

– 31:1-2.

– Philip Henry used to cite the Puritan saying: ‘Duty is ours, events are God’s.’ …

]]> David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – David as a Leader of Men https://revesbypc.org.au/2015/08/09/david-and-the-kingly-line-of-the-messiah-david-as-a-leader-of-men/ Sun, 09 Aug 2015 08:30:10 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=3839 Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 30:1-31

SERMON  NOTES
DAVID AS A LEADER OF MEN
1 Samuel 30; Matthew 20:1-16

David has to face a number of issues in rescuing his people from the Amalekites.

1. Leadership in difficult circumstances.

(a) Facing a demoralized and angry people.

– 30:1-4, 5, 6a,b. …

]]> David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – God’s Overruling Providence https://revesbypc.org.au/2015/08/02/david-and-the-kingly-line-of-the-messiah-gods-overruling-providence/ Sun, 02 Aug 2015 08:30:21 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=3842 Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 29:1-11

SERMON  NOTES
GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE
1 Samuel 29; Matthew 10:16-31

This is almost a humorous story; the Scylla and Charybdis situation – the sailor who faced a rock on one side and a whirlpool on the other.

1. God uses the ungodly.

– 29:1-5. …

]]> David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – Saul’s Descent Into the Occult https://revesbypc.org.au/2015/07/26/david-and-the-kingly-line-of-the-messiah-sauls-descent-into-the-occult/ Sun, 26 Jul 2015 08:30:28 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=3804 Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 28:3-25

SERMON  NOTES
Saul’s Descent Into the Occult
1 Samuel 28:3-25

This is one of the most tragic chapters in the Bible. William Blaikie compares Saul to a crippled vessel at sea.

1. Desperation leads to sin.

– 28:3-5; see Lev.19:31; 20:6, 27; Deut.18:9-14; Isa.8:19-20.…

]]> David and the Kingly Line of the Messiah – David, the Philistines, and the Mix of Life https://revesbypc.org.au/2015/07/19/david-and-the-kingly-line-of-the-messiah-david-the-philistines-and-the-mix-of-life/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:30:49 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=3792 Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 27-28:2

SERMON  NOTES
David, the Philistines, and the Mix of Life
1 Samuel 27:1-28:2

David here has what the older evangelical writers used to call a ‘fainting fit’. We are pmeant to see how mixed life is, and to treat David both critically and sympathetically.…

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