Peter Barnes | Romans 7:14-25
SERMON NOTES
THE FIGHT IS ON! (part 1)
(Romans 7:14-25)
About whom is Paul writing?
(a) Paul is writing of himself as a non-Christian.
(b) Paul is writing of an unsanctified Christian.
(c) Paul is writing of himself as a Christian.
This …
Peter Barnes | Romans 7:12-13
SERMON NOTES
SIN AS THE PLAGUE OF PLAGUES
(Romans 7:12-13)
– after the Great Plague of London in 1665, Ralph Venning wrote a book on sin based on Romans 7:13, and called it The Plague of Plagues.
1. The law is holy, righteous, and good.…
Peter Barnes | Romans 7:9-11
SERMON NOTES
WHAT DOES THE LAW DO? (part 2)
(Romans 7:9-11)
– some odd interpretations of this. Douglas Moo says Paul is referring to Israel (like Rom.5:13); C. E. B. Cranfield says Paul is referring to man in the image of God (Gen.1). It is …
Peter Barnes | Romans 7:7-8
SERMON NOTES
WHAT DOES THE LAW DO? (part 1)
(Romans 7:7-8)
– is Paul describing himself just before his conversion? (Augustine, Calvin, Charles Hodge, John Murray) or as he was in Adam? (Richard Longenecker) or Israel? (Tom Wright, Douglas Moo) or everybody? (W. G. Kümmel)…
Peter Barnes | Romans 7:1-6
SERMON NOTES
FREED FROM THE LAW
(Romans 7:1-6)
– in Romans 6:2, 11 the Christian dies to sin, but in Romans 7:1-6 he dies to the law.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones: ‘The way to overcome sin is not to teach morality, it is to preach the …
Peter Barnes | Romans 6:23
SERMON NOTES
WAGES OF SIN, FREE GIFT OF GOD
(Romans 6:23)
– this concludes Romans 6 which teaches, in Thomas Brooks’ words: ‘Sin may rebel, but it shall never reign in any saint.’
1. Wages versus the free gift.
– we earn wages (cf. …
Peter Barnes | Romans 6:17
SERMON NOTES
WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?
(Romans 6:17)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that this is ‘one of the great striking and outstanding verses in the Bible’.
1. The Christian was once a slave to sin.
– in darkness (2 Cor.4:6)
– Gal.4:3; Eph.2:1-3
…Long my
Peter Barnes | Romans 6:15-22
SERMON NOTES
SLAVES TO SIN OR TO GOD?
(Romans 6:15-22)
– 6:15 is similar to 6:1
1. There are only two categories of people.
– 6:16, 19; In 1525 Martin Luther in The Bondage of the Will: ‘So man’s will is like a beast …
Peter Barnes | Romans 6:12-14
SERMON NOTES
HOW SHOULD THE CHRISTIAN LIVE?
(Romans 6:12-14)
– 6:11 – think; 6:12 – do!
1. The Christian is not to live under the reign of sin.
– 6:12; see the changes in 1 Cor.6:9-11; Gal.5:19-21
– take active steps to not live under …
Peter Barnes | Romans 6:5-11
SERMON NOTES
CHRIST’S DEATH AND LIFE – AND OURS
(Romans 6:5-11)
– this deals with sanctification in the Christian.
1. Think of where you are.
– 6:5; think in verses 5-11, act in verses 12-14
2. Christ’s physical death and our death to sin.
– …
