Peter Barnes: Exodus 2:1-10
(21 October 2018)
SERMON NOTES : GOD’S SOVEREIGN CARE OF BABY MOSES (Exodus 2:1-10)
The Nile River was meant to be the grave of every Hebrew baby boy (1:22); but for Moses it was the means whereby his life was saved (2:10).
1. Resisting the tyrant.…
Peter Barnes: Exodus 1:15-22 : NO AUDIO
(October 14 2018)
SERMON NOTES : FAITHFUL DISOBEDIENCE (Exodus 1:15-22)
In most forms of infanticide or sex-selection abortions, it is the female who is most at risk. There are millions of girls missing in China and India today for that reason. But here …
Peter Barnes: Exodus 1:1-14
(23 September 2018)
SERMON NOTES : SLAVES IN EGYPT (Exodus 1:1-14)
Moses is mentioned nearly 700 times in Scripture. He was also the author of one Psalm: Psalm 90. He lived for 120 years: his first forty years in Pharaoh’s palace; his next forty years as …
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Peter Barnes | Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
SERMON NOTES
THE OLD TESTAMENT SABBATH
Ex.20:8-11; Deut.5:12-15
– the question of the Sabbath is especially dogging the evangelical Church today. Bonhoeffer: ‘the renewal of this holiday must begin with the renewal of preaching.’
1. The Sabbath celebrates the end …
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Peter Barnes | Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
SERMON NOTES
CREATION CARE
Deut.20:19-20; Ex.23:10-11; Lev.25:2-4
– it is invariably linked to the issues of climate change and human overpopulation. Bob Brown in 2006 was warning that climate change had raised ‘the spectre of permanent drought’ while in …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 23:1-9
SERMON NOTES
JUSTICE FOR ALL
Exodus 23:1-9
– the whole approach to anti-discrimination is wrong.
1. No partiality versus no discrimination.
– Ex.23:3, 6, 9; Lev.19:15; Deut.1:17. The NKJV has ‘no partiality’; the NIV has ‘no favouritism’.
– even the king had to obey …
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Peter Barnes | Ex.22:16-21; Lev.20:10-16
SERMON NOTES
LAWS ON SEXUAL RELATIONS
Ex.22:16-21; Lev.20:10-16
– based on the seventh commandment (Ex.20:14).
1. Modern moral confusion.
– It is a common view today that nothing sexual is wrong; it is all a matter of identity. We promote …
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Peter Barnes | Exodus 22:1-15
SERMON NOTES
CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Exodus 22:1-15
– based on the eighth commandment: ‘You shall not steal’ (Ex.20:15).
1. Human life is far more valuable than property.
– 22:2-3a. It is extraordinary in that there is some protection for the …
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Peter Barnes | Exodus 21:12-36
SERMON NOTES
CURBING VIOLENCE
Exodus 21:12-36
– Gen.3 leads to Gen.4; Prov.8:35-36. The news is full of violence: murders, wars, assaults, abortion and euthanasia.
1. Deliberate murder warrants the death penalty.
– 21:12; Gen.9:6; Rom.13:4. See Ex.21:13-14 and 1 Kings …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:13-15
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIL AUTHORITY
1 Peter 2:13-15
1. Our general obligation is to submit to all civil authority.
– 2:13-14a. The Christian’s general duty towards those in authority is to submit. Prov.24:21-22; Jer.29:7.
– this is not absolute, and there are …
