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Peter Barnes | 1 Samuel 1:1-20
SERMON NOTES
A CHILDLESS WOMAN
1 Samuel 1:1-20; Luke 1:5-25
– about 1100 B.C., in the time of Judges 21:25. Samuel is priest, prophet, and the last of the judges.
1. God is at work even …
Peter Barnes | Daniel 10:10-11:4
SERMON NOTES
ANGELS IN HISTORY
Daniel 10:10-11:4; Luke 16:19-31
– there is a spiritual war (Ephesians 6:12)
1. There is a conflict between angels.
– Dan.10:10-14, 20-21; a little like C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia
– 1 Cor.10:20; Rev.12:7-10; hence 1 Kings 22:20-23
– …
Peter Barnes | Hosea 11:1-11
SERMON NOTES
GOD’S HEART DIVIDED
Hosea 11:1-11; Luke 19:41-48
– God wears His heart on His sleeve, as it were.
1. God has treated Israel like a son.
– 11:1-4; see Ex.4:22-23; God had done everything for His son, but Israel had gone its own …
Peter Barnes | Luke 2:19
SERMON NOTES
MARY PONDERED THESE THINGS
Luke 2:19
– the highest of created beings (angels) with shepherds who were usually despised as lowly.
1. The unique birth.
– 2:4-5; Mary had been told back in 1:26-38
– in Bethlehem (note Micah 5:2)
2. The baby …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 101
SERMON NOTES
RULING WITH INTEGRITY
Psalm 101; Luke 22:24-30
– Nicholas Ridley’s favourite Psalm (he was burnt at the stake in 1555); it has been called ‘the Mirror of Magistrates’
– it has about 15 resolutions (‘I will’ or ‘I shall’)
1. Pursuing lovingkindness and
Peter Barnes | Luke 24:13-35
SERMON NOTES
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
Psalm 118; Luke 24:13-35
1. Our gloom when we do not grasp Christ’s resurrection.
– the two were despondent and downcast; they saw the cross as the end (unlike John 12:27-28a); can only confess Jesus as a prophet (v.19)…
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Peter Barnes | Psalm 147
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord for Everything
Psalm 147; Luke 4:14-30
– probably to be dated after the exile to Babylon in the 6th century B.C. (note v.2)
1. Praise the God who shows gracious kindness.
– vv.3, 6, 10, 11-14
2. Praise the God …
