Peter Barnes | Revelation 1:17-18
SERMON NOTES
Meeting the King with the Keys
Luke 24:36-53; Revelation:1-20
1. Christ is robed in majesty.
– 1:17a; Christ is portrayed in a divine way; see Dan.7:9; Ezek.43:2
– we need to be brought low before we are lifted up (Dan.10:8-9)
2. Christ is …
Peter Barnes | Revelation 1:5b-7
SERMON NOTES
The King and His Kingdom
John 21:28-42
– Trinitarian greeting in Rev.1:4-5a, then doxology in Rev.1:5b-7
1. The King’s sacrifice.
– 1:5b; see Eph.5:2; Paul cannot fathom the depths of the love of Christ (Eph.3:17-19)
– Rev.5:9; substitution is what makes Good Friday …
Peter Barnes | Jeremiah 12
SERMON NOTES
WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?
Jeremiah 11:18-12:17; Revelation 6:9-17
1. Jeremiah and his persecutors.
-11:18-23; his home village of Anathoth is hostile to him (see 1:1). His was a priestly family but they were not godly (12:6).
– similar sentiments in the New …
Peter Barnes | Revelation 22:16-21
SERMON NOTES
COME, LORD JESUS!
(Revelation 22:16-21)
– last words of the Bible
1. The King and Saviour is the God-man.
– 22:16; root and offspring, source and descendant
– Matt.22:41-46; Rev. 2:28; 5:5
2. All are freely invited to come to Christ.
– 22:17; …
Peter Barnes | Revelation 22:12-15
SERMON NOTES
WASHING OUR ROBES
John 20:19-31; Revelation 22:12-15
– this is all based on the resurrection
1. We will be judged according to our works.
– 22:12; Eccles.12:14; Matt.7:21-23; 16:27; Rev.20:12-15
– this is meant to be a frightening prospect
2. The judge will …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 61:4-9
SERMON NOTES
BLESSING FOR ZION
Isaiah 61:4-9; Revelation 22:1-16
– Jesus is the one prophesied in Isaiah 61 (see Luke 4:21)
1. Zion will see restoration and joy.
– 61:4, 7; 65:17-19
– this is too much for the restoration after the exile in the …
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 60:10-22
SERMON NOTES
THE NATIONS HONOUR ZION
Isaiah 60:10-22; Revelation 21:1-8, 22-27
– this is the new Zion which culminates in the new heaven and the new earth (Gal.4:25-26, 31; Heb.12:22-24; Rev.21:2).
– Glorious things of thee are spoken,/ Zion, city of our God (John Newton)…
Peter Barnes | Isaiah 40:12-26
SERMON NOTES
SOVEREIGN CREATOR AND COUNSELLOR
Isaiah 40:12-26; Revelation 4:1-11
– A. W. Tozer: ‘The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshipping men. The low …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 19:29-37
SERMON NOTES
THE WAGES OF SIN
2 Kings 19:29-37; Revelation 5:1-14
1. God encourages the remnant.
– 19:29-31; by the third year life will be ‘normal’.
– the zeal of the Lord of hosts achieves this (as in Isa.9:6-7)
2. God acts for the …
Peter Barnes | 2 Kings 19:20-28
SERMON NOTES
GOD BRINGS DOWN HIS ENEMIES
2 Kings 19:20-28; Revelation 6:1-17
– similar to Israel at the Red Sea; if God does not act, they perish
1. The mystery of prayer and predestination.
– 19:20 and 19:26; God responds to Hezekiah’s prayer and …
