Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:19-24
SERMON NOTES
PRAYERS FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
(Ephesians 6:19-24)
1. Paul’s request for the prayers of the Ephesians.
– 6:19-20; no diplomatic immunity for an ambassador! (2 Cor.5:20)
– Acts 4:23-24, 29
– to make known the mystery (Eph.1:9-10; 3:3-12)
2. Prayer and …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:18
SERMON NOTES
‘EACH PIECE PUT ON WITH PRAYER’
(Ephesians 6:18)
– George Duffield: ‘Put on the gospel armour,/ Each piece put on with prayer’. The word ‘all’ or ‘every’ is found 4 times in verse 18.
1. We are to pray all kinds of prayers.…
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:16-17
SERMON NOTES
FAITH, SALVATION AND THE WORD
(Ephesians 6:16-17)
– these are all to do with the head (the understanding)
1. Take up the shield of faith.
– 6:16; this was a large shield (four feet by two and a half feet)
– Satan fires …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:14-15
SERMON NOTES
TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE
(Ephesians 6:14-15)
– 1 Thess. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:3
1. We need the belt of truth.
– 6:14a; Isa. 11:5; probably not the Scriptures as they are mentioned in Eph. 6:17
– Eph. 4:25; Ps. 51:6
– call to …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:10-13
SERMON NOTES
THE NATURE OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE
(Ephesians 6:10-13)
– it is a war, not a picnic.
1. Be strong in the Lord.
– 6:10, 13; Solomon’s sin in 1 Kings 11:1-4 is more from weakness than maliciousness.
– William Gurnall: ‘cowards never won heaven’; …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:5-9
SERMON NOTES
MASTERS AND SLAVES
(Ephesians 6:5-9)
– William Wilberforce: ‘Moderating the insolence of power, she [i.e. Christianity] renders the inequalities of the social state less galling to the lower orders.’
1. The work of Christian slaves.
(a) They are to respect and obey their …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 21:1-16
SERMON NOTES
SLAVERY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
(Exodus 21:1-16)
– Sam Harris says that the Bible celebrates cruelty and recognises slavery which is an abomination.
1. It only lasted for six years.
– Ex.21:2 – unless the slave wanted it (Ex.21:5-6); also releases every fifty …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:4
SERMON NOTES
THE ROLE OF FATHERS
(Ephesians 6:4)
– in ancient Roman society, fathers had the power of life and death.
1. Discipline is necessary because of sin.
– Prov.22:15; Ps.51:5; Jer.17:9; Rom.3:23; Prov.29:15; Prov.13:24; Eccles.8:11; 1 Kings 1:5-6
– A. A. Neill and the …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 6:1-3
SERMON NOTES
THE RESPECT OF CHILDREN FOR PARENTS
(Ephesians 6:1-3)
– Dick Lucas: ‘Disobedient children are one of the more disagreeable and alarming signs of decay in a Christian culture.’
1. Obey and honour your parents.
– Absalom’s rebellion is all the worse because it …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:25-33
SERMON NOTES
THE LOVING LEADERSHIP OF THE HUSBAND
(Ephesians 5:25-33)
– not rule well, but love (vv.25, 28, 33).
1. The husband is to love sacrificially.
– 5:25; love gives (Eph.5:2); the hymn-writer Philip Bliss in 1876 lost his life in a train wreck, while …
