Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 23:9-40
SERMON NOTES
TRUE GOD AND FALSE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 23:9-40; Matthew 7:15-23
– Derek Kidner: ‘Without justice a nation suffers, but without truth it sickens.’
1. The rot begins with false religious teachers.
– 23:9-11, 14-15
– e.g. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire
2. False …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 23:5-6
SERMON NOTES
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Jeremiah 22:1-30; 23:1-6
– the last four kings are summarised in Jer.22, and especially Jer.23:1. But the true Shepherd-King is coming.
1. The true Shepherd-King.
– 23:5; see Isa.11:1; Amos 9:11
– on the principle of 2 Cor.1:10-11
2. …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 17:5-10
SERMON NOTES
TWO WAYS ONLY
Jeremiah 17:5-10; Philippians 3:1-11
– Joseph de Jussieu was a French botanist of the 18th century who lost his manuscript on malaria, and went insane.
1. Two foundations contrasted.
– 17:5,7. The operative word is ‘trust’ e.g. Luke 12:16-21; Isa. …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 15:15-21
SERMON NOTES
LONELY BECAUSE OF THE WORD
Jeremiah 15:10-21; 2 Timothy 3:10-17
1. We must love God’s Word.
-15:16; Ezek.3:1-3; Ps.1:2; 119:103
– it is meant to be read, digested, trusted, and obeyed.
2. We must be prepared to face isolation.
– 15:15, 17; see …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 12
SERMON NOTES
WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?
Jeremiah 11:18-12:17; Revelation 6:9-17
1. Jeremiah and his persecutors.
-11:18-23; his home village of Anathoth is hostile to him (see 1:1). His was a priestly family but they were not godly (12:6).
– similar sentiments in the New …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 10:1-16
SERMON NOTES
GOD AGAINST THE IDOLS
Psalm 115; Jeremiah 10:1-16
– Col.3:5; an idol is anything that takes the place of God.
1. God is full of power, the idols are powerless.
– 10:3-4, 5, 15, 6-7; Ps.135:5-7
2. The Lord is the creator, the …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 9:23-24
SERMON NOTES
BOASTING IN THE LORD
1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Jeremiah 9:12-26
1. False grounds for boasting.
– 9:23; ‘I don’t know’ is better than ‘I pretend to know’.
(a) wisdom. See 8:8-9. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.…
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 9:1
SERMON NOTES
THE WEEPING PROPHET
Luke 19:41-48; Jeremiah 8:18-9:11
– Jeremiah is deeply moved (8:18, 21; 9:1, 10)
1. Jeremiah mourns for the condition of Zion.
– 9:9-11; very different from Ps.48:1-3
– 8:21; Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s poem The Death of Moses:
…To punish sin and
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 7:1-15
SERMON NOTES
THE TEMPLE SERMON
Mark 11:15-19; Jeremiah 7:1-15
– Jer.7:1-2 – a provocative place to stand!
1. Repentance demands that we amend our ways.
– 7:2, 5-7; note Luke 3:8
– 7:8-10; see 1 John 2:3-5; repentance changes us.
2. Trusting in a false …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 6:14
SERMON NOTES
SIN IS NO LIGHT MATTER
Romans 5:1-11; Jeremiah 6:14
– many believe that there is nothing much wrong with people.
1. False prophets make the wrong diagnosis.
– 6:13-14; they heal the wound lightly, thinking it is only superficial; Jeremiah 5 says that …
