Peter Barnes | Psalm 143:1-2
SERMON NOTES
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE UNRIGHTEOUS
Psalm 143:1-2
– one of the seven penitential Psalms but there is more trouble and distress mentioned than sin, except for verses 1-2.
1. Seek mercy in God’s righteousness.
– 143:1; contrast to Ps.51:1 where the appeal is to …
Peter Barnes | John 14:15
SERMON NOTES
LOVE AND LAW
(Psalm 119:97-112; John 14:15 – see 1 John 2:3-11)
Love and law are often seen as opposites today, but Jesus joins them (e.g. John 14:15, 21, 23; 15:10, 14).
1. Love needs law.
– John Robinson: ‘the only intrinsic evil …
Peter Barnes | John 14:12-14
SERMON NOTES
GREATER WORKS AND ANSWERED PRAYER
(Psalm 30; John 14:12-14)
(a) Christians should expect to do greater miracles than Jesus;
(b) Christians can ‘name and claim it’ in prayer, and receive what they want.
Both of those interpretations are impossible.
1. Christians will do …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 137
SERMON NOTES
WEEPING IN BABYLON
Psalm 137
– Imprecatory Psalms (58, 68, 69, 79, 109, 137, 139). Psalm 137 written about the exile in Babylon after the Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem in 587 B.C.
1. Christians may experience terrible misery.
– 137:1-4. The slaves in …
Peter Barnes | 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Psalm 119:9-11; Matthew 4:1-11; 22:34-40
SERMON NOTES
THE NEED FOR A CREED
1 Cor.15:3-4; Ps.119:9-11; Matt.4:1-11; 22:34-40
Apparently there are about 780,000 words in the Bible.
1. We need to summarise the Bible.
All doors need a key, and the Bible is a door …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:15-22
SERMON NOTES
THE LORD IS NEAR TO THE BROKENHEARTED
Psalm 34:15-22
– for context, see 1 Samuel 21.
1. God delivers the brokenhearted righteous.
– 34:15-18; see Ps.51:17; Isa.61:1
– not deliverance from afflictions (see 34:19)
– Bernard Gilpin was saved in 1558 because he …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:8-14
SERMON NOTES
TASTE AND SEE!
Psalm 34:8-14
Derek Kidner calls this a ‘glowing Psalm’; for context, see 1 Samuel 21.
1. Experience the living God.
– 34:8; this is a wonderful invitation (see 1 Peter 2:1-3)
– Ps.16:11; 119:103; we are not to describe honey …
Peter Barnes | John 13:31-33
SERMON NOTES
A STRANGE GLORY
Psalm 24:1-10; John 13:31-33
– glory on the cross?
1. The glory of the Son of Man and God is certain.
– 13:31. In the Greek, it is the aorist tense, or past tense.
– like John 17:4; Romans 8:29-30; …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 34:1-7
SERMON NOTES
PRAISE BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Psalm 34:1-7
Derek Kidner calls this a ‘glowing Psalm’. It is an acrostic (like Psalms 9-10 together, 25, 37, 111, 112, 119, 145)
1. We are to praise the name of the Lord.
– 34:1-3; ‘Religious joy cannot be …
