Peter Barnes | Isaiah 59:9-15a
SERMON NOTES
A LAMENT FOR SIN
Isaiah 59:9-15a; 1 John 1:1-10
– Isaiah 59 tells of sin as our problem (59:1-8), a lament for sin (59:9-15a), and God’s answer to sin (59:15b-21).
1. Justice and righteousness are remote.
– 59:9-10; fulfilling Deut.28:28-29
– this can …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 59:1-8
SERMON NOTES
SIN IS OUR PROBLEM
Isaiah 59:1-8 (p.527); Romans 3:9-26
– Isaiah 59 tells of sin as our problem (59:1-8), a lament for sin (59:9-16), and God’s answer to sin (59:16-21).
1. God has the capacity and the readiness to save.
– 59:1; even …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:27-31
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSES
Isaiah 40:27-31; 2 Corinthians 2:12-3:3
– God makes wonderful promises (40:1-11) and He can fulfil them (40:12-26). But will He?
1. We are prone to complain.
– 40:27; not the fierce anger of Psalm 2:1-3
– more a complaint and …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:12-26
SERMON NOTES
SOVEREIGN CREATOR AND COUNSELLOR
Isaiah 40:12-26; Revelation 4:1-11
– A. W. Tozer: ‘The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. The low …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:9-11
SERMON NOTES
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Isaiah 40:9-11; John 10:11-21
– the ESV and NKJV in v.9 say that Zion proclaims the good news to Jerusalem, but the NIV has Zion and Jerusalem receiving the good news (i.e. it is a case of parallelism).
1. Behold …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:6-8
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S WORD IS FOREVER
Isaiah 40:6-8; 1 Peter 1:10-25
– contrast between us and God’s Word
1. We are unreliable and mortal.
– 40:6-8; perhaps in the month of May
– the Bible often tells us this (Ps.90:5-6; 103:15-16)
– or clay (Isa.64:8) …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:3-5
SERMON NOTES
A VOICE DECLARES THE GLORY
Isaiah 40:3-5; Luke 3:1-189
– Isaiah looks ahead to the coming of John the Baptist and the Messiah (see Luke 3:3-6)
1. Prepare by repenting.
– 40:3-4; this is a kind of new exodus (Ps.68:7)
– prepare for …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:1-2
SERMON NOTES
COMFORT IN PARDONED SIN
Isaiah 40:1-2; Matthew 11:20-29
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones: ‘The greatest tragedy in the world today is the view that the average person takes of God.’
– Isa.40-66 looks beyond the Babylonian exile to the coming of the Messiah
1. God …
Peter Barnes | Acts 17:22-25
SERMON NOTES
THE UNKNOWN GOD MADE KNOWN (Acts 17:22-25)
Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 17:16-34
– Paul looks around to make a start, then tells of God as the all-sufficient creator.
1. Find a point of contact, if possible.
– 17:22; the Greek word for ‘superstitious’ (as …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 9:6
SERMON NOTES
JESUS – IMMANUEL
(Isaiah 9:6; Colossians 2:9)
– the Messiah is Immanuel, meaning ‘God with us’ (Matt.1:23). Jesus is the only one with two natures. He is the God-man.
1. Jesus is truly a man.
– Isa.9:6, ‘For to us a child is …
