Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 21:7-22:5
SERMON NOTES
A SAINT ON THE RUN
1 Samuel 21:7-22:5; Psalm 142
– this all illustrates Ps.37:23-24
1. Believers can act foolishly.
– 21:7-10. David lies, and then takes Goliath’s sword to Gath! (see 17:4)
– 21:11-15; not the sort of ditty to go …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 21:1-6
SERMON NOTES
WHAT IS SIN?
1 Samuel 21:1-6
To know God, we need to know what sin is. It is breaking God’s law – 1 John 3:4. But it has layers to it – e.g. Rom.14:14.
1. The sin of lying.
– 21:1-2. Walter …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 20:1-42
SERMON NOTES
A True Friend
1 Samuel 20:1-42
The subtitle of this chapter might be: ‘How to walk the tightrope of relationships’.
1. Being godly in trying circumstances.
– Jonathan seeks to be godly in the ambiguity and the fallenness of this world. Arthur …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 19:1-24
SERMON NOTES
A Man Obsessed
1 Samuel 19:1-24; Psalm 59
– there are four escape stories in this chapter (vv.1-7, 8-10, 11-17, 18-24)
1. Jonathan’s unselfish love.
– 19:1 – not thinking clearly in announcing this.
– 19:2-7 – Jonathan has most to lose …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 18:17-30
SERMON NOTES
David’s Hard Road to be Prince
1 Samuel 18:19-30; Acts 5:1-11
1. The wickedness of sin.
(a) Saul’s deceitfulness – 18:17. He speaks the language of a wedding, but he is planning for a funeral.
(b) Saul is quick to break his …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 18:1-16
SERMON NOTES
Attitudes to the King
1 Samuel 18:1-16; Matthew 20:20-28
– from here on, Saul is increasingly embittered towards David.
1. Jonathan’s self-sacrificing love for David.
– 18:1-4; from a worldly perspective, Jonathan had no reason to be friends with David.
– Phil.2:4; …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 17:31-58
SERMON NOTES
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1-30, 31-58
– David volunteers to fight
1. The world’s disdain for believers.
– Eliab resented David; Saul thought him too inexperienced; but Goliath considered him beneath contempt (17:42-44)
– see Acts 17:32a; 26:24; Celsus in the …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 17:1-30
SERMON NOTES
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1-30; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6
– representative combat; look to David as one who points to Christ but also as our example
1. God’s enemies can appear very imposing.
– 17:4-7, 8-10, 16
– looks frightening and sounds …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 16:14-23
SERMON NOTES
Temporary Peace
1 Samuel 16:14-23; Hebrews 6:1-12
– David comes into Saul’s court
1. We can experience the Holy Spirit without being saved.
– 16:14a; a little like Samson in Judges 16:20 except that Samson is saved (Heb.11:32)
– Luke 11:24-26; Heb.6:4-6…
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 16:1-13
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S CHOSEN KING
1 Samuel 16:1-13
58 references to David in the New Testament. David as an example of a man of faith, and as a type of Christ.
1. God rejects one king and provides another.
– 16:1; Saul’s failure in …
