Granting Forgiveness

Peter Barnes: 2 Cor 2:5-11

(2 September 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GRANTING FORGIVENESS (2 Cor.2:5-11)

Martin Luther once described human beings as like a drunk trying to get on a horse – first he falls off one side, then he falls off the other. It is surely the incestuous man …

Isaiah 40: The Majestic God – God’s Sovereign Purposes

Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:27-31

SERMON NOTES
GOD’S  SOVEREIGN  PURPOSES
Isaiah  40:27-31;  2 Corinthians 2:12-3:3

– God  makes  wonderful  promises  (40:1-11)  and  He  can  fulfil  them  (40:12-26).  But  will  He?

1.  We  are  prone  to  complain.

–  40:27;  not  the  fierce  anger  of  Psalm 2:1-3

–  more  a  complaint  and  …

Hezekiah: The Battle of Faith – The Mockery of Unbelief

Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 18:26-37

SERMON  NOTES
THE  MOCKERY  OF  UNBELIEF
2 Kings  18:26-37;  2 Cor.  11:1-15

– the  Rabshakeh  continues  his  mocking  speech.

1.  We  ought  not  to  be  unnerved  by  the  world.

–  18:26-27;  the  request  in  v.26  is  naïve  as  v.28  shows

–  the  enemies  of  …

The Life of Samuel – Samuel Anoints David as King

Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 16:1-13

SERMON  NOTES
SAMUEL  ANOINTS  DAVID  AS  KING
1 Samuel 16:1-13;  2 Corinthians 10:1-11

– Saul  is  rejected  (15:26).  David  is  anointed  privately  here.  Later  he  would  actually  reign  as  king  over  Judah  (2 Sam.2:4),  then  all  Israel  (2 Sam.5:3).

1. The  wicked  may  forfeit 

The Life of Samuel – Better to Obey than to Sacrifice

Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 15:1-35

SERMON  NOTES
BETTER  TO  OBEY  THAN  TO  SACRIFICE
1 Samuel 15:1-35;  2 Corinthians 7:2-12

1. The  strict  justice  of  God.

– 15:1-9;  see  Deut.25:17-18;  1 Sam.15:33

– no  salvation  without  judgment  –  Isa.35:5-6, 4;   61:1-3

– this  is  not  primitive  religion,  but  God’s  justice…

Hosea: Love to the Unlovely – A Lesson Not Learnt

Peter Barnes | Hosea 7:1-16

SERMON NOTES
A  LESSON  NOT  LEARNT
Hosea  7:1-16;  2  Corinthians 4:1-6

– not  unlike  Matt.23:37

1.  God  is  more  ready  to  heal  and  restore  than  we  are  to  repent.

– 6:11b-7:2;  Israel  is  complacent  (see  Psalm 10:4, 6, 11)

– 2 Cor.5:10  is  behind  the  …