Peter Barnes: Isaiah 1:21-31
(29 July 2018)
SERMON NOTES: OLD ZION AND NEW ZION (Isaiah 1:21-31)
When we pray ‘Thy kingdom come’ in the Lord’s Prayer, we are actually praying for two things: redemption and judgment.
1. The degeneration of God’s covenant people.
– 1:21-24. He is not attacking the …
Peter Barnes: Isaiah 1:16-17 NO AUDIO
(1 July 2018)
SERMON NOTES: REPENTANCE MEANS CHANGE (Isaiah 1:16-17)
Isaiah has called out Israel for being stupider than oxen and donkeys (1:2-4), for not understanding God’s chastening of His people (1:5-10), and for trusting in religious activities (1:11-15).
In verses 16-17 we see …
Peter Barnes: Isaiah 1:1-15
(24 June 2018)
SERMON NOTES: CALLED TO ACCOUNT (Isaiah 1:1-15)
The New Testament refers to the book of Isaiah at least 66 times – which is more than any other Old Testament book except for the Psalms. ‘Isaiah’ is like ‘Hosea’ and ‘Joshua’, and ‘Jesus’ for …
Tim Davis : Isaiah 6:1-7 & Hebrews 9:11-14
(25 March 2018) …
Peter Barnes | Gen.9:3-6; Prov.12:10; Isa.11:6-9
SERMON NOTES
GOD AND ANIMAL LIFE
Gen.9:3-6; Prov.12:10; Isa.11:6-9
– there is a repeated claim today that human beings and animals are of equal worth.
1. We are created in God’s image; animals are not.
– Gen.1:27-28. Even after the Fall, that is true …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:24-25
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST OUR SUBSTITUTE
1 Peter 2:24-25
– Christ is our example and our substitute – 1 John 1:7; 2:6 is like 1 Peter 2:21-23, 24-25. Behind all this is Isaiah 53.
1. Christ died for sinners.
– 2:24. As Paul Gerhardt: ‘Mine, …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 2:21-23
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE
1 Peter 2:21-23
– Christ is our example (2:21-23) and our substitute (2:24-25).
1. Christ is our example.
– 2:21. That word was used to describe a method by which youngsters were taught the Greek alphabet. Jesus is like …
Peter Barnes | 1 Peter 1:22-25
SERMON NOTES
THE ABIDING WORD OF GOD
1 Peter 1:22-25
– love comes from holding to the truth – Eph.4:15.
1. What we believe directs what we do.
– 1:22. Robert Leighton says that this verse contains the ‘whole duties and frame of a …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 53:5
SERMON NOTES
PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS
Isaiah 53:1-12; 1 Peter 2:18-25
– Isaiah 53:5 was one of the texts that Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached from in his last sermon, delivered in a schoolhouse in Schönberg, just before the Gestapo hanged him. Note too 1 Peter 2:24.…
Peter Barnes | John 16:29-33
SERMON NOTES
Peace in a Hostile World
Isaiah 54; John 16:23-33
– Jesus rebukes and comforts His disciples
1. A true confession from weak believers.
– 16:29-30; the disciples know or think they know
– 16:31 – the emphasis is on the ‘now’; the next …
