Peter Barnes: Numbers 21:4-9
(17 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES: SAVED BY THE SERPENT (Numbers 21:4-9)
This is the last recorded grumble of the Israelites in the wilderness. The intriguing thing is that it is not a lamb on Moses’ pole but a serpent, the symbol of evil, and of Satan …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 20
(10 November 2019)
SERMON NOTES: EVEN GOOD MEN SIN AND DIE (Numbers 20)
– Numbers 20 resembles the complaints about the lack of water back in Exodus 17 – not much has changed in 40 years. Psalm 90 is on the theme of sin and death, …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 16
(20 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: REBELLIOUS LEADERS (Numbers 16)
There are two accounts of rebellion here – one from Korah, and the other from Dathan and Abiram. Korah was the cousin of Moses. The Sons of Korah are mentioned in a musical capacity in the book …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 14
(13 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: GRUMBLING AGAINST GOD (Numbers 14)
– a wonderful land (13:23), but the Canaanites were big and there were fortified cities (13:28).
1. The sin of grumbling and rebelling against God.
– 14:1-4. Isaiah described the fearful restlessness of the wicked – …
Peter Barnes: Numbers 13
(6 October 2019)
SERMON NOTES: BELIEF VERSUS UNBELIEF (Numbers 13)
In Numbers 13-14 we learn why God ordained that Israel wander in the wilderness for forty years before entering the Promised Land.
1. God’s promises are true.
The names are listed in verses 1-16; note that …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 25
(1 September 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE YEAR OF JUBILEE (Leviticus 25)
C. R. North says that the fiftieth year is the forty-ninth year, while Gordon Wenham says the fiftieth year was a short one of 49 days, but all that seems to evade the straightforward view …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 19:1-18
(25 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF (Leviticus 19:1-18)
God says to be holy (19:2) and to love our neighbour as ourselves (19:18). For Jesus on the two great commandments, see Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18; Matt.22:36-40. See Luke 10:25-37; Lev.19:33-34. Jesus teaches a …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 18 : NO AUDIO
(11 August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE CANAANITES AND THE NEW MORALITY (Leviticus 18)
– Ecclesiastes 1:9 says us that there is nothing new under the sun.
1. God’s Word is different and life-giving.
– Gen.15:16; Lev.18:1-5; a deep contrast there between God’s word …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 16 : NO AUDIO
(4th August 2019)
SERMON NOTES: THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR: YOM KIPPUR (Leviticus 16)
The Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur – was the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The Bible asks: ‘How can a holy God dwell with unholy people?’ …
Peter Barnes: Leviticus 11
(28 July 2019)
SERMON NOTES: ARE BACON AND EGGS OKAY? (Leviticus 11)
A letter in the Australian from 16 April 2019 asked: ‘Maybe Israel Folau could explain why he adheres to some teaching of the Bible but not others’, meaning why does the Bible condemn homosexual …
