Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:22-24
SERMON NOTES
THE SUBMISSION OF THE WIFE
(Ephesians 5:22-24)
– male and female are created in the image of God (Gen.1:27), equal in sin (Rom.5:12-21) and equal in salvation (Gal.3:28) but an equality of worth and being goes with an inequality in role and function.…
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:21
SERMON NOTES
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THANKFUL SUBMISSION
(Ephesians 5:20-21)
– 5:18-21 is one sentence! To be filled with the Spirit is to be speaking, singing, and making music to the Lord, giving thanks to the Father, and submitting to one another.
1. We …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:18-20
SERMON NOTES
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
(Ephesians 5:18-19)
– 5:18-21 is one sentence! To be filled with the Spirit is to be speaking, singing, and making music to the Lord, as well as giving thanks and submitting to one another.
1. Do not be drunk …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:15-17
SERMON NOTES
Walking Wisely
(Ephesians 5:15-17)
– walk in holiness, not unrighteousness (4:17-32), walk in love, not lust (5:1-7), walk in the light, not darkness (5:8-14), and walk in wisdom, not folly (5:15-20)
1. The wise person redeems the time.
(a) working hard. ‘Methodists’ …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:8-14
SERMON NOTES
Walking as Children of Light
(Ephesians 5:8-14)
1. The unbeliever is darkness, the believer is light.
– 5:8; see 2 Cor.4:3-6; 1 Pet.2:9
– Christ is light (John 8:12), so we are to be light (Matt.5:14)
2. What we do with darkness.
(a) …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:3-7
SERMON NOTES
Love and its Counterfeit
(Ephesians 5:3-7)
– Seneca in the first century said that innocence was not rare, but non-existent.
1. Put off all immorality, impurity and covetousness.
– 5:3-4; these are not to be named (cf. Ex.23:13)
– Calvin: ‘there are a …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 5:1-2
SERMON NOTES
Imitating God in Love
(Ephesians 5:1-2)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones: ‘This is the highest statement of Christian doctrine that one can conceive of or even imagine.’
1. God’s children are to imitate their Father.
– 5:1; imitate Paul (1 Cor.4:16); imitate Christ in Phil.2:5-8; …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:31-32
SERMON NOTES
Being Kind and Forgiving
(Ephesians 4:31-32)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
1. Put off bitterness and malice.
– 4:31
(a) bitterness. Heb.12:15.
(b) rage. This comes from the word ‘to burn’.
(c) anger. See …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:29-30
SERMON NOTES
Talk That Builds Up
(Ephesians 4:29-30)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
– Prov.12:18; 18:21; James 3:6
1. Put off unwholesome talk.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones even suggested that Christians do not talk as much as non-Christians
– ‘rotten’ …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:28
SERMON NOTES
From Stealing to Honesty and Generosity
(Ephesians 4:28)
– general in 4:17-24, and more specific from verse 25 onwards.
– John Wesley: 1. Gain all you can; 2. Save all you can; Give all you can.
1. Put off stealing.
– Ps.37:21; Tit.2:9-10; …
