Peter Barnes: Circumcision: The Old Covenant Sign, Genesis 17:9-14 (19 April 2020 Evening )
God gives circumcision as a sign and seal of His covenant with Abram, who is here renamed ‘Abraham’ – 17:1-8, 15-19. This is fulfilled in the coming of Christ Jesus – Rom.4:16. 1. God attaches a …
Peter Barnes: The Father of Faith, Genesis 12:1-3, 15:1-21 (29 March, 2020, pm)
Abraham’s background was paganism – Josh.24:2. Yet God calls him His friend (2 Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8; James 2:23) and he becomes the father of all believers (Rom. 4:11).
1. A promised land, a great nation, and …
Peter Barnes: COVENANT WITH ALL FLESH, Gen.9:8-17 (22 March 2020)
Bible Readings:
Genesis 9
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 1:27
SERMON NOTES: TRANSGENDER (Genesis 1:27)
– I never thought this was an issue. But there is a quite a large Anglican church is Sydney which has something like ten transgender people amongst its members. Chaz Bono: ‘There is a gender in your brain and a gender …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 49:29-50:14
Sermon Notes: DEATH: THE WEEPING AND THE PROMISES
(Genesis 49:29-50:14)
– here he comes to die, be embalmed, and then be taken back to Canaan for burial.
1. Believers grieve too.
– 49:29-33; 50:1-3. Is it wrong to mourn? Of course not! – Eccles.3:1, 4. When …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 49:8-12
SERMON NOTES: LAST WORDS OF JACOB THE PROPHET (Genesis 49:8-12)
Jacob speaks as a prophet (49:1-2). Behind this prophecy is God Himself – 49:18, 24-26. He saves, He is mighty, He is the Shepherd of Israel, the Stone of Israel, He will help and bless …
Peter Barnes: Trusting in the World to Come (Genesis 47:28-48:22)
SERMON NOTES: TRUSTING IN THE WORLD TO COME (Genesis 47:28-48:22)
Jacob is approaching the end of his earthly life, as a stranger in a strange land.
– 47:29-31; Heb.11:21. This is not nationalism nor is it sentimentality. …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 46:1-47:12
SERMON NOTES: LIFE’S JOYS AND TRIALS (Genesis 46:1-47:12)
After more than twenty years, Jacob is to make his way to Egypt to gather enough provisions to survive the seven year famine, and, more vitally, for the reunion with his long-lost son, Joseph.
Peter Barnes: Genesis 37:3-4, 31-35; 42:38; 45:25-28
SERMON NOTES: JACOB AS A PARENT (Genesis 37:3-4, 31-35; 42:38; 45:25-28)
Roger Ellsworth: ‘With the sole exception of Job, no one in the Old Testament experienced more sorrow than Jacob.’ Jeremiah might argue against that. Unlike Job and Jeremiah, Jacob brings so many …
Peter Barnes: Genesis 35
SERMON NOTES: ‘O GOD OF BETHEL’ (Genesis 35)
Jacob is called back to Bethel where he first met God – read 28:12, 19; 35:1. Bethel was south of Shechem but higher in elevation. Philip Doddridge prays to the God of Bethel:
Through each perplexing path of …
