15:12. The Stoic philosopher Seneca in the first century said that at death ‘I will leave my body, and myself I will give back to the gods.’ Francis Schaeffer was adept at ‘lifting the lid’ off arguments.
This is part of Paul’s sermon in the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia in modern Turkey (not Antioch in Syria). The ESV uses the word ‘freed’ which is probably all right (David Peterson thinks so), but it is actually the word for ‘justified’.
Peter Barnes: Our Condition, GOD’S Provision, Psalm 73:26 (Sunday 12 April 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Psalm 73 is a Psalm of struggle. The Psalmist, Asaph, has been looking at this fallen world with jaundiced eyes, and struggling to fit that with God’s promises. We should be able to relate …
Peter Barnes: ‘Some Mocked’, Luke 24:1-12; Acts 17:16-34 (12 April Sunday Morning)
– Paul emphasises the resurrection of Christ to the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers of Athens – Acts 17:18. ‘Some mocked’. 1. There have always been unbelievers who mock. – Acts 2:13; 2 Peter 3:3-4; 1 Cor.2:14. – The …
Peter Barnes: A Perfect High Priest and a Perfect Sacrifice, Mark 15:33-47; Hebrews 7:11-28 (10 April 2020, Good Friday)
Both Testaments focus on Christ – Acts 11:26; Luke 24:44. We need to know who Christ is, and what He came to do.
1. Christ is sinless.
– 7:26. This is …
Peter Barnes : Matthew 27:62-66; 28:2-4, 11-15
SERMON NOTES: UNWITTING TESTIMONY
Matthew 27:62-28:15 gives us two reports about the resurrection of Jesus: a true report from some women and a false report comes from some guards. Note 2 Cor.13:8.
In 1951 C. S. Lewis wrote on evolution: ‘What inclines me …
SERMON NOTES: WOMEN WITNESSES (Matthew 28:1-10)
From Matthew 27:62-28:15 two reports about the resurrection of Jesus are set side-by-side: the true report comes from some women and the false report comes from some guards. Verse 6a is the key text.
– 28:1. All four Gospels …
Peter Barnes : Mark 15:16-39
SERMON NOTES: RESPONDING TO THE CRUCIFIED ONE (Mark 15:16-39)
What did people make of a crucified Messiah? And what do they make of Him today?
– 15:16-20. They see Jesus as one who is said to be King of the …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 73; Matthew 22:23-33
SERMON NOTES
THE OLD TESTAMENT HOPE OF RESURRECTION
Psalm 73; Matthew 22:23-33
Many people say that the Old Testament is only concerned with this life – Psalm 6:4-5; 30:8-10; Eccles.9:4-6.
But read Matt.22:23, 29; Acts 23:6-9; Heb.11:19. Look at the evidence:
1. Enoch …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:5
SERMON NOTES
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
Isaiah 53:1-12; 1 Peter 2:18-25
– Isaiah 53:5 was one of the texts that Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached from in his last sermon, delivered in a schoolhouse in Schönberg, just before the Gestapo hanged him. Note too 1 Peter 2:24.…
