Peter Barnes: A Better Covenant, Hebrews 8:6; 10:11-18 (Sunday 31 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
The author draws on Psalm 110 and Jeremiah 31:31-34.
1. We have better promises. – Heb.8:6, 8-12. There is the promise of a renewed heart, of personal knowledge of Christ, and of the complete …
Peter Barnes: The New Covenant in Christs’ Blood, Luke 22:20 (Sunday 24 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00)p.m.
The Passover meal was supposed to have had four cups, and Darrell Bock is one of a number of scholars who says that verse 20 refers to what is probably the Passover’s third …
Peter Barnes: The Promise of the New Covenant, Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Sunday 17 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 a.m.)
– cited in full in Hebrews 8 – the longest citation from the Old Testament in the New Testament.
1. The Church is new Israel. – 31:31; Heb.8:7, 13. The promises to …
Peter Barnes: The Sons of David and The Son of David, 2 Samuel 7:1-17 (Sunday 10 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
– the word ‘covenant’ is not used here, but it is used later of references to it – Psalm 89:3-4. God does not need a temple to dwell …
Peter Barnes: Law and Promise Fitting Together, Galatians 3:15-18 (Sunday 3 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
The Sinaitic covenant obviously has some similarities with a covenant of works (cf. 2 Cor.3:6-9; Heb.8:9), yet it is not.
1. The promise comes first. – for over 430 years God’s covenant people …
Peter Barnes: The Blood and Book of the Covenant with Moses, Exodus 24:1-11 (Sunday 26 April 2020 Evening Service)
– about 1450 B.C. we again read the language of covenant – Ex. 19:5-6; 24:7-8.
1. Our sin means that we need a mediator. – 24:1-2. God’s presence is holy – …
Peter Barnes: Circumcision: The Old Covenant Sign, Genesis 17:9-14 (19 April 2020 Evening )
God gives circumcision as a sign and seal of His covenant with Abram, who is here renamed ‘Abraham’ – 17:1-8, 15-19. This is fulfilled in the coming of Christ Jesus – Rom.4:16. 1. God attaches a …
Peter Barnes: The Father of Faith, Genesis 12:1-3, 15:1-21 (29 March, 2020, pm)
Abraham’s background was paganism – Josh.24:2. Yet God calls him His friend (2 Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; James 2:23) and he becomes the father of all believers (Rom. 4:11).
1. A promised land, a great nation, and …
Peter Barnes: COVENANT WITH ALL FLESH, Gen.9:8-17 (22 March 2020)
Bible Readings:
Genesis 9
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the …
