Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 12:1-7a
SERMON NOTES
SINNERS CONDEMN THEMSELVES
2 Samuel 12:1-15a; Luke 7:36-50
Spurgeon: ‘Sheep may fall into the mire; swine wallow in it.’
1. God pursues His people.
– 12:1. This was not Nathan’s idea to confront David, and it certainly was not David exercising his …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 11:14-27
SERMON NOTES
NO SIN HIDDEN FROM GOD
2 Samuel 11:14-27
– Calvin: ‘He was as guilty before God as if he were actually carried away by the devil.’
1. Unchecked sin grows.
– 11:14-21. See 1 Samuel 18:25 and Judges 9:50-53.
– David does …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 11:1-13
SERMON NOTES
ONE SIN UPON ANOTHER
2 Samuel 11:1-13
Calvin says that this story should ‘make our hair stand straight up on end’. John Owen: ‘Many conquerors have been ruined by their carelessness after a victory.’
1. We must always guard our hearts.
– …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 8-10
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWERS
2 Samuel 8-10
– David from two angles: (1) as an example of a Christian; and (2) as a type of Christ.
1. David as our example.
(a) his conflicts. Frances Ridley Havergal: ‘Chosen to …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:18-29
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
2 Samuel 7:18-29
– God made an everlasting covenant with David. David’s house would last forever; his kingdom would never perish.
1. Wonder at God’s grace.
– 7:18. Usually, Jews would stand to pray with their arms spread …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:11b-17
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S SONS AND GOD’S SON
2 Samuel 7:11b-17
– David thought of building a house (temple) for God but God would build a house (dynasty) for him.
1. God’s covenant promises are sure.
– 7:8-11. This is God’s covenant with David, spoken …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:1-11
SERMON NOTES
MORE THAN WE ASK OR THINK
2 Samuel 7:1-11
Strangely enough, both the kingship (1 Sam.8) and the temple (2 Sam.7) appear to start off as human ideas that God then transforms. It will remind us of God’s promises in Ephesians 3:20-21.…
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 6:13-23
SERMON NOTES
RIGHTEOUS OVERMUCH
2 Samuel 6:13-23
– Ecclesiastes 7:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
1. The joy of the Lord.
– 6:14-15. Calvin: ‘we may find this very strange indeed’, but when J. G. Paton printed his first book in the Tannese language, he was …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 6:1-15
SERMON NOTES
BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM
2 Samuel 6:1-15
– the ark of the covenant was a box which contained the Ten Commandments, Aaron’s rod which blossomed, and some manna from the exodus. It signified God’s presence.
1. The dangers of casual worship …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 5
SERMON NOTES
DAVID, THE KING OF ALL ISRAEL
2 Samuel 5
– Gen.49:8-12 to Acts 5:31; yet there is sin (5:13-16; Deut.17:17)
1. The king obtains his kingdom.
– 5:1-5; cf. 1 Chron.12:23-38.
The other tribes acknowledge David as one with them (5:1b), and …
