Alexander Stewart “Elijah’s mission was to vindicate the supremacy of Jehovah, and to bring back the land of Israel to its former allegiance to him. His work indeed was proclaimed by his name for Elijah means Jehovah is God and to burn this one truth into the heart and …
Peter Barnes: Christ the Sympathetic High Priest, Matthew 4:1-11, Heb.4:14-16. (5 April 2020 am)
In Matthew 4:1-11 Satan tempted Christ three times, and three times Christ rebuffed him. J. C. Ryle: ‘A religion without a priest is a poor, unhappy, useless thing.’ A priest represents his people before God, and …
Shane Gooch: Luke 7:18-23
(26 August 2018)
SERMON NOTES: DEALING WITH DOUBT (Luke 7:18-23)
We live in an ever-changing world
“Honest doubt is not a bad starting point, but it is a bad finishing point” John MacArthur
There is such a thing as healthy skepticism …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 21:42
(1 April 2018)
SERMON NOTES: THE NEW TEMPLE (Matt.21:42)
The vineyard is Israel – as we can see from Psalm 80:8-9 and Isaiah 5:1-2, 7. Note Rom.11:20-22. Matt. 21:42 is from Psalm 118:22-23.
1. The Stone is rejected.
– the temple with its sacrifices for sin …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:21-35
(29 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT (Matthew 18:21-35)
– Corrie ten Boom at a church service in Munich met a former S.S. man from Ravensbruck. Here are Corrie’s words:
Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:15-17
(15 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH (Matthew 18:15-17)
– J. C. Ryle: ‘on no point have churches made so many mistakes – sometimes on the side of sleepy remissness, sometimes on the side of blind severity.’
– 18:15. Some manuscripts …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18: 18-20
(22 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: UNITY IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST (Matthew 18:18-20)
Flows on from 18:15-17.
– 18:18. Jesus had already said something similar to Peter in 16:19. The keys to the kingdom consist of teaching and …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:10-14
(8 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD CARES FOR HIS LITTLE ONES (Matthew 18:10-14)
The parable about the shepherd with the 100 sheep, and one going astray is found in Luke 15:1-7 and in Matthew 18:12-14. In Luke 15 it deals with conversion more than backsliding whereas …
Peter Barnes : Matthew 18:5,6
SERMON NOTES: JUDGMENT FOR LEADING A LITTLE ONE ASTRAY (Matthew 18:5-6)
– Jesus uses the word for ‘child’ in verse 5, and ‘little ones’ (‘micro ones’) in verse 6. Most of the scholars (R. T. France, Don Carson, Craig Keener) say that the child is …
Peter Barnes: Matthew 18:1-4
SERMON NOTES: GREATNESS IS BEING CHILD-LIKE (Matthew 18:1-4)
Matthew’s Gospel is based on five lengthy discourses (chapters 5-7; 10; 13; 18; 24-25), each of which leads into a saying such as ‘When Jesus had finished saying these things …’ (7:28-29; 11:1; 13:53; 19:1; 26:1-2). In Matthew …
