Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 4:1-12
SERMON NOTES
THE MURDER OF ISHBOSHETH
2 Samuel 4
– two worthless brothers murder Saul’s only surviving son, Ishbosheth. It is wonderful and beyond our comprehension that a kingdom with such glorious promises attached to it begins in such an inglorious way.
1. The …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 3:2-39
SERMON NOTES
WEAKNESS IN DAVID’S COURT
2 Samuel 3:2-39
Abner swaps sides to join David, but Joab murders him.
1. Abner’s duplicity.
– Abner is the strongman of the outfit – 3:6-7; it is not certain whether Abner took Saul’s concubine, Rizpah, as his …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 2:1-3:1
SERMON NOTES
DAVID AS THE KING OF JUDAH
2 Samuel 2:1-3:1
– Calvin says: ‘Here is a body without a head’. There is a power vacuum.
1. Be faithful to the Lord.
– 2:1-2. David had sought the Lord in adversity – Ps.140:1-6. But …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 1:1-27
SERMON NOTES
DAVID’S GRIEF
2 Samuel 1; Acts 5:1-11
2 Sam. 1-5 tells how David became king over all Israel; 2 Sam. 6-10 of God’s covenant with him, and his victories; 2 Sam. 11-12 of his fall into sin; and 2 Sam. 13-24 of …
Peter Barnes | John 14:25-26
SERMON NOTES
The Holy Spirit and the New Testament
2 Samuel 23:1-7; John 14:15-31
– 14:25; see 15:11; 16:1, 4, 6-7, 25, 33. Have you ever wondered how the New Testament came about?
1. The person of the Holy Sprit.
– 14:26. He is called …
Peter Barnes | John 13:12-17
SERMON NOTES
HUMBLE SERVANTS
2 Samuel 9; John 13:12-17
– a lesson in humility
1. Jesus is the Lord and the teacher
– 13:12-13; literally ‘the Lord and the teacher’
– 1:1-3, 10, 14, 18; 20:28
2. Jesus as our example of humility.
– 13:14-15…
Peter Barnes | Psalm 6
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE
Psalm 6; 2 Samuel 15:1-12
– Augustine of Hippo died reading the seven penitential Psalms. The context for David may be the rebellion of Absalom.
1. God chastens His people.
– 6:1-3, 6-7; see Heb.12:5-6
– Peter …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 11
SERMON NOTES
OVERCOME BY THE FLESH
(2 Samuel 11)
– Calvin says this should make our hair stand on end; it is the man after God’s own heart who falls (Acts 13:22).
1. Sin begins in the heart.
– 11:1-5; he probably should have …
Peter Barnes | Matthew 10:16
SERMON NOTES
WISE AS SERPENTS, INNOCENT AS DOVES
2 Samuel 12:1-23; Matthew 10:16
– four zoological terms to illustrate the life of the Christian in the world; similar words with the 72 sent out in Luke 10:3
1. Christians live as sheep among wolves.
– …
Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 7:1-17
SERMON NOTES
THE COVENANT WITH DAVID
2 Samuel 7:1-17; Luke 1:26-38
– 2 Samuel 7:12-16 does not use the word ‘covenant’ but it is there in Psalm 89:3-4. David wanted to build a house for God, but God will build a house for David …
