Peter Barnes | Psalm 146
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord, not Princes
Psalm 146; Luke 1:46-56
– one of the final ‘praise’ Psalms; Col.3:16
1. We ought not to put our hope in man.
– vv.3-4; no Thousand Year Reich, etc; the Scottish Presbyterians should not have trusted Charles II …
Chris Athavle | Luke 19:1-10 …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 103 (part 2)
SERMON NOTES
Grace to Fragile People
Psalm 103; Luke 15:11-32
– vv.1-5 are personal and in the singular; vv.6-22 are more general and in the plural.
1. God righteous mercy.
– God is righteous (v.6; note Ps.130:3) but merciful too.
(a) His mercy …
Peter Barnes | Luke 1:46-56
SERMON NOTES
The Magnificat
1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-56
– Bonhoeffer saw prison as like the Advent season
1. The Lord is the Saviour.
– 1:46-49
– God is mighty, holy, and merciful to His maidservant
– Rom. 5:12, 18; Christ was born to save…
Peter Barnes | Luke 15:11-32
SERMON NOTES
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
2 Chronicles 33:1-17; Luke 15:11-32
Dostoevsky, dying in 1881, wanted it read to his children.
1. The wild sinner repents.
– 15:11-13, 30, 14-16; a Jew in a pigsty! (Lev.11:7)
– sin promises pleasure and delivers misery…
Peter Barnes | Luke 11:24-26
SERMON NOTES
The Dangers of a Half-Conversion
1 Samuel 16:14-23; 18:1-16; Luke 11:14-26
– Luke 11:24-26; 2 Peter 2:20-22
1. We can experience some blessing from God without being converted.
– John 3:1-3; Nicodemus expected some improvement
2. In the long-term, the half-converted are worse …
Peter Barnes | Luke 17:20-37
SERMON NOTES
The Kingdom will Come
Psalm 37:1-17, 34-40; Luke 17:20-37
– two stages to the coming of the kingdom; ‘when?’ in v.20; ‘where?’ in v.37
1. God’s kingdom has come in lowliness.
– 17:20-21 – probably ‘in the midst of you’ rather than ‘within …
Peter Barnes | Exodus 20:15
SERMON NOTES
You Shall Not Steal (Ex.20:15)
1 Kings 21:1-24; Luke 19:1-10
1. We are caretakers, not owners.
– Lev.25:23; Ps.24:1; 50:10-12; 1 Tim.6:17
2. The breadth of this commandment.
(a) We are to take care of other people’s property (Ex.21:33-34; 23:4)
(b) We are …
Peter Barnes | Luke 23:39-43 …
Bruce Murray | Luke 17:11-19 …
