Forsake All Else and Follow Christ (Luke 9:57-62)

Luke 9.51 – Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem.

‘Divine grit marks these chapters.’ – R. Kent Hughes

Heb 12. 2 – Jesus knew the cost of the path he trod.

This story is recorded here that we might know and count the cost of following Jesus. That …

The New Covenant in Christs’s Blood (Luke 22:20)

Peter Barnes: The New Covenant in Christs’ Blood, Luke 22:20 (Sunday 24 May 2020 Evening Service, 6.00)p.m.

The Passover meal was supposed to have had four cups, and Darrell Bock is one of a number of scholars who says that verse 20 refers to what is probably the Passover’s third …

‘Some Mocked’ (Luke 24:1-12; Acts 17:16-34)

Peter Barnes: ‘Some Mocked’, Luke 24:1-12; Acts 17:16-34 (12 April Sunday Morning)

– Paul emphasises the resurrection of Christ to the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers of Athens – Acts 17:18. ‘Some mocked’. 1. There have always been unbelievers who mock. – Acts 2:13; 2 Peter 3:3-4; 1 Cor.2:14. – The …

Christmas Day Service – Responding to the Proclamation

Peter Barnes | Luke 2:15-20

SERMON  NOTES
RESPONDING TO THE PROCLAMATION
Luke 2:15-20

The key text is verse 11: the child will be born in the city of David (Bethlehem), and will be Saviour and Lord and Christ (Anointed One). But we will look at the response to this.

1.  

Micah: Prophet of Judgment, Peace and Pardon – God’s People Will Arise

Peter Barnes | Micah 7:8-13

SERMON  NOTES
GOD’S PEOPLE WILL ARISE
Micah 7:8-13

– a strange principle which drives the whole Bible – 2 Cor.4:9-10. Calvin: ‘Though heaven and earth should collapse, we will remain unscathed.’ Micah is prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and then the restoration …

Easter 2015 – Meeting the King with the Keys

Peter Barnes | Revelation 1:17-18

SERMON  NOTES
Meeting the King with the Keys
Luke 24:36-53; Revelation:1-20

1. Christ is robed in majesty.

– 1:17a; Christ is portrayed in a divine way; see Dan.7:9; Ezek.43:2

– we need to be brought low before we are lifted up (Dan.10:8-9)

2. Christ is

Christmas Day 2014 – Jesus the Son

Peter Barnes | Luke 1:31-35

SERMON  NOTES
JESUS  THE  SON
Luke  1:26-38

1.  The  son  of  David.

–  1:32-33.  See  2 Sam.7:12-16.  Individual  kings  from  the  line  of  David  would  fail  miserably,  but  one  king  would  be  forever.

–  Isa.9:6-7;  Luke 2:4;  Matt.9:27.

O  come,  strong  Key  of  David,  come/  

Some Studies in Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet – The Weeping Prophet

Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 9:1

SERMON NOTES
THE  WEEPING  PROPHET
Luke 19:41-48;  Jeremiah 8:18-9:11

– Jeremiah  is  deeply  moved  (8:18, 21;  9:1, 10)

1.  Jeremiah  mourns  for  the  condition  of  Zion.

– 9:9-11;  very  different  from  Ps.48:1-3

–  8:21;  Dietrich  Bonhoeffer’s  poem  The  Death  of  Moses:

To  punish  sin  and 

Isaiah 59-61: Our Problem and God’s Solution – The Year of the Lord’s Favour

Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:1-3

SERMON NOTES
THE  YEAR  OF  THE  LORD’S  FAVOUR
Isaiah 61:1-3;  Luke 4:14-30

–  Jesus  is  the  one  prophesied  in  Isaiah 61  (see  Luke 4:21)

1.  Here  is  the  Spirit-anointed  Servant.

–  61:1;  see  11:1-2;  42:1

– the  apostles  pointed  to  Christ  (2 Cor.4:5);  Christ  points  …