Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:20-27
SERMON NOTES
THE TESTIMONY AGAINST THE ANTICHRISTS
Psalm 2; 1 John 2:20-27
– ‘anti’ means ‘instead of’
1. We are to believe that Jesus is the Christ.
– 2:22-23; note Matt.11:27; John 1:18; 14:9
– Cicero: ‘the question of the nature of the gods …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 2:3-6
SERMON NOTES
ASSURANCE THROUGH OBEDIENCE
Psalm 40; 1 John 2:3-6
Robert Murray McCheyne: ‘For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ!’ Nevertheless, there is 2 Cor.13:5.
1. We grow in assurance by obeying God’s commandments.
– 2:3-4; John 14:15; Calvin: ‘no evil …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:8-10
SERMON NOTES
CONFESSING SIN
Psalm 14; 1 John 1:8-10
John Stott: ‘It is possible to be both too lenient and too severe towards sin.’
1. We all have sin.
– 1:8; this probably refers to our sinful nature
– Ps.51:5; Rom.6:23
2. We have …
Peter Barnes | 1 John 1:5-7
SERMON NOTES
GOD IS LIGHT
Psalm 36; 1 John 1:5-2:2
Three false claims – in 1:6, 8, 10. Robert Yarbrough calls verse 5 ‘the main burden of the Epistle’.
1. God is light.
– 1:5; in a sense this comes before ‘God is love’ …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 150
SERMON NOTES
Praise the Lord!
Exodus:15:1-27; Psalm 150
– the Psalter goes from obedience to the Word (Ps.1) to praise of the Lord (Ps.150).
1. Who is to praise the Lord?
– vv.1, 6. Calvin says verse 1 refers to heaven twice; Derek Kidner says …
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 …
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 …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:17-24
SERMON NOTES
Responding to the Holy Judge
Psalm 139:17-24
1. We ought to wonder at God’s thoughts.
– vv.17-18; ‘lost in wonder, love and praise’ (Charles Wesley)
2. We ought to join in God’s hatred of the wicked.
– vv.19-22; startling words. Charles Spurgeon: ‘To …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:13-16
SERMON NOTES
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:13-16
– God knows the child in the womb
1. God created us in the womb.
– v.13; Matt.10:29
– Job 31:13-15
2. Life begins at conception.
– note the personal pronouns; David was David in his mother’s …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:1-12
SERMON NOTES
The Sovereign Lord
Psalm 139
The worst thing in life is a small view of God.
1. God knows all things.
– vv.1-6; He is omniscient; He knows what we are doing, what we are thinking, what we will say
– Gen.3:8 is …
