Peter Barnes | Acts 13:13-25
SERMON NOTES
PAUL TO THE JEWS
Acts 13:13-25, 26-43
– Paul preaches here to a synagogue of Jews and God-fearers (Gentiles who worshipped the God of Israel, but the men were not circumcised).
1. Identify with your audience as much as you can.
– Antioch …
Peter Barnes | Acts 13:1-13
SERMON NOTES
SENT BY THE SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH
Psalm 72; Acts 13:1-13
– this is the beginning of the first missionary journey (Acts 13-14); the year is about A.D.46.
1. Churches are to deny themselves that the Kingdom of God might grow.
– 13:1; …
Peter Barnes | Leviticus 23:15-22
SERMON NOTES
THE FEAST OF WEEKS (PENTECOST) (Lev.23:15-22)
Leviticus 23:9-22; Acts 2:1-13, 22-24
– Lev.23 lists the weekly Sabbath plus seven annual feasts. We are looking to see Christ in them (Col.2:16-17). The feast of harvest (Ex.23:16) or weeks is called Pentecost in Greek, and …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 28:3-25
SERMON NOTES
THE SIN OF CONSULTING THE DEAD
1 Samuel 28:3-25; Acts 16:16-34
– the occult has made a return in the West; see Isa.8:19-20
1. Saul’s spiritual disintegration.
– 28:3; Saul knew better than his actions indicate; see Lev.19:31; Deut.18:9-11
– Saul swears …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 12:1-25
SERMON NOTES
SAMUEL’S TESTIMONY
1 Samuel 12:1-25; Acts 4:1-12
– Samuel is the discerning one, like Spurgeon in the late nineteenth century.
1. Samuel’s faithfulness.
– 12:1-5; this is not self-righteousness, but a good conscience in old age.
– 12:23 – it would be …
Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 10:1-27
SERMON NOTES
SAUL AS GOD’S ANOINTED
1 Samuel 10:1-27; Acts 8:9-25
– 10:1 – Saul was ‘Messiahed’!
1. The Spirit’s work in the Old Testament.
– 10:2-7 – three signs, with the third one described in some detail in 10:8-13
– the Spirit mentioned …
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
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Peter Barnes | Acts 6:1-7
SERMON NOTES
THE WORK OF DEACONS
Isaiah 1:1-18; Acts 6:1-7
– no deacons in the church in Acts 1-5; like no elders at Crete until Titus 1:5; but both elders and deacons in Phil.1:1
1. The Church is to be …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 18:1-27
SERMON NOTES
NO ONE-MAN BANDS!
Exodus 18:1-27; Acts 6:1-7
– Jethro has come to faith or assurance in 18:8-11.
– elders already existed in Ex.3:16
1. It is not right to concentrate everything in one person.
– 18:13-18; see Num.11:10-17
– second reason perhaps in …
Peter Barnes | Acts 16:29-34
SERMON NOTES
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
Psalm 32; Acts 16:16-34
– Paul in gaol, and an earthquake strikes
1. A Christian is one who becomes convicted of sin, death, and judgment.
– 16:29-30; he trembles (see 2:37)
– Charles Simeon after a drunken man was …
