Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 5:1-31
SERMON NOTES
WORSE THAN SODOM
Genesis 18:22-33; Jeremiah 5:1-31
– the city of God is now ‘Jerusalem the brazen’ (Derek Kidner); worse than in Isa.1:9
– ten righteous persons would have saved Sodom (Gen.18:32), but there is not one in Jerusalem (Jer.5:1).
1. There was …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 2:12-13
SERMON NOTES
FORSAKING LIVING WATER FOR BROKEN CISTERNS
Jeremiah 2:12-13; John 4:7-26
1. Apostasy is appalling.
– 2:12; see Deut.32:1 for the heavens
– the honeymoon is over (2:2, 6-7; 3:1)
– Israel has chased after false gods, and the priests and prophets have led …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 1:1-10
SERMON NOTES
THE CALL OF JEREMIAH
Jeremiah 1:1-10; Galatians 1:11-24
– like the fall of the Roman Empire. Francis Schaeffer: ‘Jeremiah provides us with an extended study of an era like our own, where men have turned away from God and society has become post-Christian.’ …
Peter Barnes | Matthew 11:28-30
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST’S GRACIOUS INVITATION
Jeremiah 31:23-34; Matthew 11:28-30
– Thomas Cranmer called these ‘comfortable words’.
1. Christ is gentle and approachable.
– contrast to the Pharisees (Matt. 23:4). See too Acts 15:10; Gal.5:1. Paul knew of Christ’s gentleness (2 Cor.10:1). See 1 John 5:3. …
Peter Barnes | Acts 20:29-31
SERMON NOTES
DANGERS FROM WITHIN THE CHURCH (Acts 20:29-31)
Jeremiah 23:9-22; Acts 20:17-38
– Satan seeks to destroy the Church by persecution from the outside or undermining from within.
1. False teachers are always a danger to the Church.
– 20:29-30; see Jer.5:31; this is …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 3:22
SERMON NOTES
BACKSLIDING: THE SIGNS
(Jer.3:22; Rev.2:5)
– faith is not static (Jer.3:22; Luke 17:5; Rev.2:4-5). The heart is the key thing (Prov.4:23). Two helpful works are Octavius Winslow’s Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul (1841) and Joel Beeke’s Getting Back in …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 31:27-37
SERMON NOTES
THE NEW COVENANT COMING
Jeremiah 31:27-37; Ezekiel 36:22-38
– a new covenant is promised (Jer.31:31) and proclaimed in Hebrews 8
1. The Holy Spirit will come in power.
– the age of the Messiah is the age of the Spirit (Jer.31:33; Ezek. 36:26-27)…
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 20:7-18
SERMON NOTES
IT IS ALL TOO MUCH!
Jeremiah 20:7-18; 2 Cor. 4:7-18
– depression affected even the genial Charles Spurgeon. Jeremiah was isolated as God’s prophet (15:17-18; 20:1-6)
1. Jeremiah is torn between God’s Word and the world’s opposition.
– 20:7-10; in the midst of
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:1-2
SERMON NOTES
SIN AND THE BELIEVER
Jeremiah 23:1-8; 1 John 2:1-2
Calvin calls this ‘almost the whole gospel’.
1. We must desire holiness.
– 2:1; Calvin Coolidge: ‘He was agin it.’
– Lev.19:2 and Eph.2:8-9 together
2. We have a righteous advocate in Jesus …
Peter Barnes | Mark 6:14-29
SERMON NOTES
Hearing Gladly Yet Hostile
Jeremiah 38:1-28; Mark 6:14-29
Herod Antipas divorced his wife to marry the wife of his half-brother Philip.
1. Herod recognised that John was righteous.
– 6:19-20
– the Kremlin feared Solzhenitsyn
2. Herod is moved by John’s preaching.
– …
