Peter Barnes | Ephesians 4:1-2
SERMON NOTES
A Walk Worthy of the Gospel
(Ephesians 4:1-2)
– peripatetic philosophers ‘walked’; David Hume could not see how his philosophy could ‘walk’.
1. What we do is linked to what we believe.
– 4:1; see the negative side in 1 Cor.15:32
– note …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:17b-23
SERMON NOTES
Comprehending the Incomprehensible
(Ephesians 3:17b-21)
– Charles Simeon, dying in 1836, was composing four sermons on Ephesians 3:18-19, as ‘the grandest subject I can conceive of’.
1. We must know the love of Christ in order to grow in the love of Christ.…
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:14-17a
SERMON NOTES
Praying for Power in Christians
(Ephesians 3:14-17a)
– In verse 14, Paul picks up his prayer begun in verse 1.
1. Prayer before the triune God.
– 3:14-15; standing for prayer in Ps.28:2; 63:4; 1 Tim.2:8; sitting in 2 Sam.7:18; kneeling in Luke …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:9-13
SERMON NOTES
Making Known God’s Eternal Purpose
(Ephesians 3:9-13)
1. God’s eternal plan is now revealed.
– 3:9-11; the manifold or variegated wisdom of God, before a mystery, is now made known
– God does not zig-zag His way through the Bible as Dispensationalism teaches…
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-8
SERMON NOTES
The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
(Ephesians 3:1-8)
1. Paul as a person.
– 3:2-5 – he magnifies his person; 3:8 – he emphasises his own unworthiness, ‘the leaster of all the saints’
– 1 Cor.15:9; 1 Tim.1:15; John Bunyan’s autobiography is Grace Abounding …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 3:1-7
SERMON NOTES
The Mystery Revealed
(Ephesians 3:1-7)
– notice the ‘For this reason’ in verse 1 which looks back to chapter 2, but is then interrupted and only picked up again in verse 14.
1. Grace leads to costly evangelism.
– 3:1. Nero put Paul …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:19-22 …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:14-18
SERMON NOTES
Christ is our Peace
(Eph. 2:14-18)
– cf. Isa.9:6; Micah 5:5. The word ‘peace’ is found four times in Eph.2:14-17
1. Christ is peace between Jewish and Gentile Christians.
– Markus Barth says that this means that Jews do not need to hear …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:11-13
SERMON NOTES
Brought Near
(Eph. 2:11-13)
– To the Gentile, a Jew was a barbarian; to the Jew, a Gentile was a heathen or a dog.
1. Remember where you have come from.
– 2:11; unlike Ex.16:2-3; see Deut.15:15; 24:17-18, 21-22
– John Newton had …
Peter Barnes | Ephesians 2:8-10
SERMON NOTES
The Scheme of Salvation
(Eph. 2:8-10)
– Reformation solas: grace, faith, Christ, Scripture, to the glory of God
1. Salvation is all of grace.
– 2:8a; J. C. Ryle was converted by this.
And when I’m to die,
Receive me, I’ll cry,
For …
