Peter Barnes | 2 Samuel 15:1-18
SERMON NOTES
HOW POLITICS WORKS
2 Samuel 15:1-18
Absalom attempts to seize the throne from David, his own father.
1. The politics of deceit.
– 15:1; note Deut.17:14-17.
– 15:2-3. He plants insinuations, sows dissatisfaction, and agrees with everybody.
– 15:4. It is a …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 15:15-21
SERMON NOTES
LONELY BECAUSE OF THE WORD
Jeremiah 15:10-21; 2 Timothy 3:10-17
1. We must love God’s Word.
-15:16; Ezek.3:1-3; Ps.1:2; 119:103
– it is meant to be read, digested, trusted, and obeyed.
2. We must be prepared to face isolation.
– 15:15, 17; see …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 19:1-7
SERMON NOTES
DO NOT FEAR THE WORLD
2 Kings 19:1-7; 2 Tim. 1:1-12
– Hezekiah looks to the prophet of God
1. In distress, turn to God.
– 19:1-4; in all circumstances (Ps.103) but especially in distress
– sign of grief in Jonah 3:5, …
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Peter Barnes | 2 Timothy 2:8-10
SERMON NOTES
REMEMBER CHRIST RISEN
(2 Timothy 2:8-10)
– this is Paul’s last epistle (2 Tim.4:6), written to a somewhat sickly and perhaps timid man (1 Tim.5:23; 1 Cor.16:10-11; 2 Tim.1:6-7).
1. Remember Christ risen.
– …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 2:2-13
SERMON NOTES
THE UNFAITHFUL LOVER
Hosea 2:2-13; 2 Timothy 2:1-13
Calvin says that this shows that we need to be reproved very often.
1. God warns us to repent.
– 2:2; a divorce is threatened (Isa.50:1; Jer.3:8)
– 2:4-5; Israel is chasing after the Baal …
Peter Barnes | 2 Timothy 4:9-22
SERMON NOTES
COMFORT IN A CLOAK AND THE LORD
Psalm 73:1-28; 2 Timothy 4:9-22
William Tyndale awaiting execution in Vilvorde Castle in 1535
1. We need other people.
– not in an absolute sense; but Paul wants Timothy to visit him soon (4:9, 21)…
