Life of Moses: The First Skirmishes

Peter Barnes : Exodus 7 (NO AUDIO)

(20 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES :THE FIRST SKIRMISHES (Exodus 7)
So far Moses has been telling God: ‘I can’t’; while God has been telling Moses: ‘I will.’ Exodus 7 – the first contest and the first plague.
1. Moses’ word is God’s word.…

Life of Moses: Pharaoh and God’s Plagues

Peter Barnes: Exodus 8-10

(27 January 2019)

SERMON NOTES : PHARAOH AND GOD’S PLAGUES (Exodus 8-10)

Exodus 8-10 deal with the second to the ninth plagues, from the plague of frogs to the plague of thick darkness. Note Revelation 9 & 16.
1. God’s sovereignty goes with human responsibility.

– …

Life of Moses: God Will Fulfil His Promises

Peter Barnes: Exodus 6:1-30

(23 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GOD WILL FULFIL HIS PROMISES (Exodus 6:1-30)

In Exodus 5 everything seems to unravel. Moses was a man in need of some spiritual comfort and bolstering before the task ahead.

1. The wonderful comfort of the sovereign God’s ‘I wills’.…

Life of Moses: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

Peter Barnes: Exodus 5 (NO AUDIO)

(16 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES : IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER (Exodus 5)
We are usually prone to think in terms of coming to faith followed by immediate blessing. Not here! Ancient Egyptians worshipped over 2,000 gods, including Pharaoh himself.

1. In …

Isaiah: God’s Plan v’s Man’s Plan

Peter Barnes: Exodus 8:1-10 (NO AUDIO)

(2 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES: GOD’S PLANS VERSUS MAN’S PLANS (Isaiah 8:1-10)

Ahaz the king of Judah has been calling on Assyria to defend the southern kingdom from the more immediate threat from Syria and the ten northern tribes of Israel.

1. This message …

Life of Moses: A Bridegroom of Blood in Egypt

Peter Barnes: Exodus 4:18-31 (NO AUDIO)

(2 December 2018)

SERMON NOTES : A BRIDEGROOM OF BLOOD IN EGYPT (Exodus 4:18-31)

In himself Moses is an inadequate man with a huge commission from a great God.

1. God encourages Moses in the return to Egypt.

– 4:18-19 (recall 2:15); 4:20 looks …

Life of Moses: God’s Confirmation in Human Weakness

Peter Barnes: Exodus 4:1-17 (NO AUDIO)

(25 November 2018)

SERMON NOTES : GOD’S CONFIRMATION IN HUMAN WEAKNESS (Exodus 4:1-17)

The great Moses is great because of God, not because of Moses.

1. If no faith, there are signs.

– 4:1. God had said that they would listen to him in …

Life of Moses: “I AM” Speaks

Peter Barnes: Exodus 3:11-22 (NO AUDIO)

(18 November 2018)

SERMON NOTES : “I AM” SPEAKS (Exodus 3:11-22)

– note 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10, 13.

1. Moses is insufficient.
(a) He is afraid.

– 3:11. Moses is no Isaiah – Isa.6:8. Is Moses driven by humility or fear? Calvin writes of …

Life of Moses: The God of the Burning Bush

Peter Barnes: Exodus 3:-10

(11 November 2018)

SERMON NOTES : THE GOD OF THE BURNING BUSH (Exodus 3:1-10)

– 3:1-3. Horeb is Mount Sinai, and later Moses will be led back here to receive the law of God. Egyptians looked down on shepherds – Gen.46:34. Moses has spent forty years …

Life of Moses: Learning the Hard Way

Peter Barnes: Exodus 2:11-25 (NO AUDIO)

(4 November 2018)

SERMON NOTES : LEARNING THE HARD WAY (Exodus 2:11-25)

Between verse 10 and verse 11 there is almost forty years, and between verse 11 and verse 25 there is another forty years. Acts 7:22.
1. Moses as a believer who sins.…