Peter Barnes | Judges 16 & Colossians 2:8-10
SERMON NOTES
JESUS AND THE JUDGES
(Judges 16 & Colossians 2:8-10)
– Luke 24:44-45. Alec Motyer: ‘Old Testament history is one long cry for something better, for a true king who would satisfy his people’s aspirations for peace and safety, reigning in …
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Peter Barnes | Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-9
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST AND THE ANGELS
Judges 6:11-27; Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-9
1. Christ is divine, above the angels.
– Heb.1:4-6, 13; the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament is the Lord (Ex.3:2-4; Joshua 5:13-6:2; …
Peter Barnes | Judges 21
SERMON NOTES
BAND-AID THERAPIES
(Judges 21)
– Paul Johnson called social engineering ‘the century’s most radical vice’.
1. A rash oath.
– 21:1-3; Benjamin had been treated as pagans (Deut.7:1-3)
– Eccles.5:2, 4-5; we ought to pray Psalm 141:3
2. Two solutions by social engineering.…
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Peter Barnes | Judges 20
SERMON NOTES
INTERNAL DISINTEGRATION
(Judges 20)
– recall the outrage at Gibeah (19:22, 25-30)
1. We love to appear more virtuous than we are.
– 20:1-3 – huge gathering of Israelites at Mizpah, and the Levite speaks in verses 4-7…
Peter Barnes | Judges 19
SERMON NOTES
MORAL DEGRADATION
(Judges 19)
What happens when God’s people become spiritually corrupt?
1. Initial signs of decline.
– 19:1-3 – marriage breakdown, and the Levite takes four months to do anything about it
– maybe too much hospitality with the father-in-law, and then …
Peter Barnes | Judges 18
SERMON NOTES
SPREADING SPIRITUAL CORRUPTION
(Judges 18)
What happens when God’s people become spiritually corrupt?
1. There is warfare within the covenant community.
– 18:7, 16-19 – the Danites aim at a soft target – a contrast to Joshua and Caleb in Numbers 13-14
– …
Peter Barnes | Judges 17
SERMON NOTES
RIGHT GOD, WRONG WORSHIP (Judges 17)
– probably early in the book of Judges (18:30; 30:27-28)
– spiritual decline, then moral decline, then political decline.
1. A light view of sin.
– 17:1-2; he steals a huge amount, his mother seems to keep …
Peter Barnes | Judges 16
SERMON NOTES
SAMSON’S REMARKABLE DEATH (Judges 16)
– an illustration of 1 Cor.10:12; 2 Tim.2:13
1. Christians can fail to learn from their own sin and God’s chastening.
– 16:1-3 – more sin
– 16:4-16 – he does not learn (cf. 14:16-17)
– like Abraham …
Peter Barnes | Judges 15
SERMON NOTES
THE ONE-MAN ARMY (Judges 15)
– after the explosion in 14:19-20, Samson wants to take up with his wife again.
1. The sin of a spirit of vengeance.
– 15:3, 4-6, 7, 11, 8, 14-17
– he seems a long way from 2 …
Peter Barnes | Judges 14
SERMON NOTES
WHEN I AM STRONG, THEN I AM WEAK
(Judges 14)
– reverse of 2 Cor.12:10
1. God’s overruling for good does not take away our responsibility for sin.
– 14:1-4; Andrew Fausset and Leon Wood both say that Samson understood, but that seems …
