Peter Barnes: John 20:30,31
(17 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES WHY READ JOHN’S GOSPEL? (John 20:30-31)
A. J. P. Taylor said he wrote history books simply to amuse. James Boswell in 1791 published his Life of Samuel Johnson to celebrate the one whom he saw as ‘the brightest ornament of the …
Peter Barnes: John 20: 11-18
(20 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: JESUS MEETS MARY MAGDALENE (John 20:11-18)
– Luke 8:1-2 for who she was. She was at the crucifixion, and had gone to the tomb with spices to anoint the body of our Lord.
1. Faith clouded by misunderstanding.
– 20:11; …
Peter Barnes: John 20:1-10
(13 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: UNBELIEVING BELIEVERS AT THE EMPTY TOMB
(John 20:1-10)
Philip Schaff: ‘The resurrection of Christ is … either the greatest miracle or the greatest delusion which history records.’
1. The first witnesses were women.
– 20:1-2. Matthew mentions two women, Mark mentions …
Peter Barnes: John 19:38-42
(6 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: SECRET DISCIPLES BURY THE MESSIAH (John 19:38-42)
Those who with Jesus at the crucifixion were not many in number – some loyal women, including His mother, and two secret disciples.
1. Secret disciples do exist.
– 19:38-39. That does not seem …
Peter Barnes: John 19:14-24
(25 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CRUCIFIED KING (John 19:14-24)
1. Pilate’s weak mockery.
– 19:14. Mark 15:25 has the crucifixion at the third hour. Bishop Westcott said that Mark used the Palestinian method of computing time (where the day began at sunrise) while John used …
Peter Barnes: John 19:7-13
(4th August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: WHO RULES THE WORLD? (John 19:7-13)
– the kings of this world or the King of creation?
1. The empty boast of the unregenerate man.
– 19:7-9. ‘Where are you from?’ probably goes back to 18:37. But the poor flogged accused …
Peter Barnes: John 19:1-7
(28 July 2019)
SERMON NOTES: CHRIST IN THE HANDS OF FEARFUL SINNERS (John 19:1-7)
– here is a battle of wills.
1. Weakness leads to capitulation to sin.
– 19:1. Pilate had already ventured his opinion regarding Jesus in 18:38. Luke gives more details – Luke …
Peter Barnes: John18:33-38
(14 July 2019)
SERMON NOTES: WHAT KIND OF KING? (John 18:33-38a)
– 1 Tim.6:13-14; John 1:49. There is a contrast between the kings of this world and Jesus as the king in God’s kingdom.
1. Jesus’ kingdom is divine and not of this world.
– 18:33, 34-35. …
Peter Barnes: John 18:28-40
(30 June 2019)
SERMON NOTES: VARIOUS FORMS OF SIN (John 18:28-40)
John says nothing about Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas, although he knows of it (see 18:24).
1. Sin distorts our morality.
– 18:28. William Hendriksen sys that they were so busy with the arrest of Jesus …
Peter Barnes: John 18:15-27
(23 June 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE WRONG KIND OF CONFIDENCE (John 18:15-18, 25-27)
In the Synoptic Gospels the three denials are brought together (Matt.26; Mark 14; Luke 22), but John separates the first denial (John 18:15-18) from the last two (John 18:25-27). Harold Lindsell said that …
