Peter Barnes – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au Revesby Presbyterian Church Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:35:19 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://revesbypc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RPC-Logo-2025-Square-200x200.png Peter Barnes – Revesby Presbyterian Church https://revesbypc.org.au 32 32 Honouring Elders (1 Timothy 5:17-18) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/11/06/honouring-elders-1-timothy-517-18/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8843

 

This section is on the tasks of elders and their remuneration.

  1. Elders are to teach and rule.
    • 5:17. Calvin sees ruling and teaching elders. But all elders are to rule and to teach – 3:2, 4-5. The distinction is between those who labour at these tasks and those who
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Times of prosperity and of suffering are likely to be spiritually dangerous – Prov.30:8-9. Job feels pursued by both God and man – 19:21-22. There is a hint of resurrection (14:14-15). Job is struggling but utters one of the most remarkable expressions of faith found in Scripture – 19:25-27.…

]]> Inadequate Answers (Job 4-5) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/10/30/inadequate-answers-job-4-5/ Sat, 29 Oct 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8824

 

There are three cycles of speeches by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, with replies by Job. Eliphaz speaks in 4-5, 15, and 22; Job replies in 6-7, 16-17, and 23-24; Bildad speaks in 8, 18, and 25; Job replies in 9-10, 19, and 26-27; Zophar speaks in 11 and 20; …

]]> The Ministry and Care of Widows (1 Timothy 5:3-16) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/10/23/the-ministry-and-care-of-widows-1-timothy-53-16/ Sun, 23 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8818

 

Two things might help us here: (a) The widows are to receive support from the Church, and presumably to minister in some way for the Church. (b) Some of this is surely specific to the situation in Ephesus e.g. verse 9. Calvin considered that the widows of 1 Timothy …

]]> Job Loses It (Job 3:1-26) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/10/23/job-loses-it-job-31-26/ Sat, 22 Oct 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8817

 

John Hartley calls Job 3 ‘a curse-lament’. Note the oft-repeated ‘Why?’ (3:11, 12, 16, 20, 23). (a) Job never loses his faith. (b) Job’s words were nevertheless rash – 38:2; 40:1-4.

  1. Job curses the day of his birth.
    • Job did not curse God, but he did curse the day
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