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True Food (John 4:31-34)

By  nature  we  want  God  to  do  our  will;  but  we  can  only  be  satisfied  by  submitting  to  God’s  will.   

1.  Both  believers  and  unbelievers  misunderstood  Jesus.

– 4:31-33.  The  KJV  has  references  to  ‘meat’  but  the  word  has  changed  its  meaning.  It  is  actually  ‘food’.  The  question  in  verse  …

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The Lord Knows His Own (2 Timothy 2:19-21)

There  are  not  two  foundations  but  two  aspects  of  the  one  foundation.

1.  The  Church  is  a  mixed  body.

– 2:20.  This  refers  to  the  mixed  nature  of  the  Church.  Today  there  are  something  like  2.4  billion  people  in  the  world  who  identify  as  Christians  in  some  way.  Not  all  …

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The First Steps to Witnessing (John 4:27-30)

In evangelism, we are told to use our minds – 2 Cor. 10:3-5; 1 Peter 3:15. Here we have ‘How to evangelise when you don’t know much.’

  1. Love sinners.
  • 4:27. One Rabbinic saying is particularly extreme: ‘A man shall not talk with a woman in the street, not even with
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False Teaching Leads to Ungodliness (2 Timothy 2:16-18)

Calvin: ‘If we would serve God we must be sworn enemies of evil.’

  1. False teaching is ungodly and damaging.
  • 2:16-18. See 1 Tim. 6:20-21. Calvin refers to ‘futile babbling’, and the Greek word is a combination of two words ‘empty’ and ‘voice’ – ‘empty voice’. It happened earlier with the
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Jesus is the Anointed One (John 4:25-26)

Peter Barnes: Jesus is the Anointed One, John 4:25-26 (Sunday 23 August 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)

The  woman  clearly  picks  up  the  hint,  and  the  subject  of  the  Messiah  is  raised. 

1.  Hints  of  the  Messiah.

– 4:25-26.  Leon  Morris:  ‘This  appears  to  be  the  woman’s  last  attempt  to  …

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Handling the Word of Truth Accurately (2 Timothy 2:14-15)

Peter Barnes: Handling the Word of Truth Accurately, 2 Timothy 2:14-15 (Sunday 23 August 2020 Morning Service, 9.00 a.m.)

– 2:2, 8, 10. 

1.  Do  not  quarrel  about  words.

– 2:14.  The  ‘them’  must  be  those  mentioned  back  in  2:2.  Some  quarrels  are  necessary  and  some  are  pointless,  and  some  …

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How is GOD to be Worshipped (John 4:20-24)

Peter Barnes: How is GOD to be Worshipped, John 4:20-24 (Sunday 16 August 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)

‘O for a heart to praise my God / a heart from sin set free’ – Charles Wesley. The Samaritan woman has just been brought face to face with her sins and …

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Christ Cannot Deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:11-13)

Peter Barnes:  Christ Cannot Deny Himself Matthew 10:16-33; 2 Timothy 2:1-13 (Sunday 16 August 2020) Morning Sermon Notes, 9.00 a.m.

This is chronologically the last of the five faithful sayings in the Pastoral Epistles – 1 Tim.1:15; 3:1; 4:9-10; Tit.3:8. in 2 Timothy 2:11- 13. Many have said that this …

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Facing our Sins (John 4:16-19)

Peter Barnes: Facing our Sins, John 4:16-19 (Sunday 9 August 2020 Evening Sermon Notes, 6.00 p.m.)

To be Christians, we need to know that we need a Saviour and that Jesus is the only Saviour. This is the most delicate part of the conversation, where the risk of offence is …