Peter Barnes: Facing our Sins, John 4:16-19 (Sunday 9 August 2020 Evening Sermon Notes, 6.00 p.m.)
To be Christians, we need to know that we need a Saviour and that Jesus is the only Saviour. This is the most delicate part of the conversation, where the risk of offence is …
Peter Barnes: Living Water, Jeremiah 2:1-13; John 4:1-26 (Sunday 2 August 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones preached over thirty sermons on John 4:13-14, so we will have to be content to skate over six verses in one sermon!
1. Christ draws a sinner to Himself.
– 4:10. This …
Peter Barnes: The Son of Man and the Samaritan Woman, John 4:1-9 (Sunday 26 July 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
The conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman is surely one of the most memorable conversations in human history. 1. Jesus is wary of encouraging what could be unhelpful.
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Peter Barnes: Come from Above, Psalm 2:1-12; John 3:22-36 (Sunday 12 July 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Verses 31-36 are probably still the words of John the Baptist.
1. Christ came from heaven, we did not. – 3:31. The Messiah came from above, from heaven, the same word that …
Peter Barnes: Jesus and John The Baptist: Increasing and Decreasing, John 3:22-30 (Sunday 5 July 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Moses is described as the gentlest of men (Num.12:3), and John the Baptist is portrayed as the humblest of men. Contra J. C. Ryle, this was probably not …
Peter Barnes: Light Versus Darkness, John 3:17-21 (Sunday 28 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
There is a real place for apologetics to present a Christian understanding of God, the world and the gospel to people but the issue of belief and unbelief is not just intellectual one but moral.…
Peter Barnes: God so Loved the World, John 3:16 (Sunday 21 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
This verse seems straightforward, but it is actually difficult: (a) In the book of Acts, the starting point is always that God is our creator, we are accountable to Him, He is a …
Peter Barnes: The Son of Man Came to This World, John 3:9-15 (Sunday 14 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 a.m.)
Being born of the Spirit leads to believing in Christ.
1. We ought to know our need to be reborn of the Spirit. – 3:9-10. That is Nicodemus’ second question …
Peter Barnes: You Must Be Born Again, John 3:1-8 (7 June 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)
Spiritual rebirth by the Holy Spirit is needed for sinners to trust Christ.
1. We can be religious without being reborn. – 3:1-2. Nicodemus is a strict and earnest Pharisee, one of the 71 …
