Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 9:1-27
SERMON NOTES
SAUL AS THE PEOPLE’S KING
1 Samuel 9:1-27; John 18:28-40
– Tony Blair called Lady Diana ‘the people’s princess’, and Saul was ‘the people’s king’.
1. God endorses the people’s king, for a time.
– 9:1-2; Saul looked like a king in …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 8:1-22
SERMON NOTES
WHO IS THE KING OF ISRAEL?
1 Samuel 8:1-22; Luke 19:11-27
– like David’s plan for a temple, in that God overrules for good.
1. Disobedience invariably appears reasonable.
– the three reasons given for asking for a king seem reasonable:
Samuel’s …
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 Samuel 5:1-7:1
SERMON NOTES
GOD, THE ARK, AND THE PHILISTINES
1 Samuel 5:1-7:1
1. God preserves His own name.
– 5:1-12; this looks like God versus Humpty Dumpty
– Psalm 115:3-8
– God Himself acts to show that He is God (1 Cor.8:4-6; 10:21; Ezek.36:20-23)
2. …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 3:1-21
SERMON NOTES
THE CALL OF SAMUEL
1 Samuel 3:1-21; Acts 22:1-21
1. God speaks through His Word
– 3:1; like Amos 8:11-12
– 3:19-21; see Deut.18:21-22
2. An obedient heart.
– God speaks three times before Eli or Samuel understand
…O give me Samuel’s
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 2:11-26
SERMON NOTES
A LACK OF GODLY DISCIPLINE
1 Samuel 2:11-26; 1 Samuel 3:10-14; 4:12-22
– children are in the covenant (Acts 2:39) but that does not of itself save them (Ezek.18:5, 9-10, 13-14, 17)
1. The bane of a corrupt clergy.
– 2:12-22; they …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 1:21-2:10
SERMON NOTES
A GODLY WOMAN’S PRAYER, PART 2
1 Samuel 1:21-2:10; Luke 1:46-56
– the seemingly insignificant is not as it seems (Luke 12:32).
1. God lifts up the lowly.
– 2:4-5, 8a; see 2:21; Ted Turner said that Christianity was for losers. Rejoice, …
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Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 1:21-2:10
SERMON NOTES
A GODLY WOMAN’S PRAYER, PART 1
1 Samuel 1:21-2:10; Luke 1:46-56
– an illustration of Psalm 116:1-2
1. We are to fulfil our vows.
– 1:21-23; the husband could undo this in some circumstances …
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Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 1:1-20
SERMON NOTES
A CHILDLESS WOMAN
1 Samuel 1:1-20; Luke 1:5-25
– about 1100 B.C., in the time of Judges 21:25. Samuel is priest, prophet, and the last of the judges.
1. God is at work even …
Peter Barnes | Luke 1:46-56
SERMON NOTES
The Magnificat
1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-56
– Bonhoeffer saw prison as like the Advent season
1. The Lord is the Saviour.
– 1:46-49
– God is mighty, holy, and merciful to His maidservant
– Rom. 5:12, 18; Christ was born to save…
