Peter Barnes | Ephesians 1:4; Romans 9:16
SERMON NOTES
UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Eph.1:4; Rom.9:16
By nature, we do not seek God – Rom.3:11.
1. God has a real but not a saving love of the whole world.
– John 3:16; Ezek.33:11; Mark 10:21; Matt.23:37. There is a love of God for …
Peter Barnes | Psalm 44
SERMON NOTES
FAITHFUL YET NEEDING REDEMPTION
Psalm 44:1-26; Rom.8:31-39
– the last Psalm that Ambrose of Milan worked on. It is a strange Psalm, like Job applied to Israel as a whole.
1. Past blessings and present trust.
– 44:1-8; God’s blessings and victories in …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:25-27
SERMON NOTES
GLORY TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST
(Romans 16:25-27)
– one long sentence (although Paul has written longer!)
1. God is able to strengthen us.
– 16:25a; NKJV and NIV have ‘establish’ but it is more like ‘strengthen’ as in Rom.1:11
– God is able …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:19-20
SERMON NOTES
ENCOURAGMENT, DISCERNMENT, AND VICTORY
(Romans 16:19-20)
Context is the coming of the false teachers in 16:17-18.
1. Be encouraging.
– 16:19. Having warned against flattery (16:18), Paul is encouraging (see 1:8; 15:14).
– remember that Rome was not Paul’s child, as it were. …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:17-18
SERMON NOTES
BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS
(Romans 16:17-18)
– warnings against false teachers (e.g. Acts 20:29-31; Gal.1:6-10; Col.2:16-23; Tit.1:10-16; 2 Peter 2; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude). Hence Acts 17:11.
1. The right response to this kind of false teaching.
– 16:17-18. Douglas Moo may be …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:3-16, 21-23
SERMON NOTES
AFFECTIONATE GREETINGS
(Romans 16:3-16, 21-23)
– we are not ‘consumers’!
1. Paul’s affectionate appreciation of his Christian friends.
– 16:3-4 (perhaps referring to the riot in Acts 19), 6, 12-13; not Matt.25:21
– affection in vv.5, 8, 9, 12
– 16:16; see …
Peter Barnes | Romans 16:1-2
SERMON NOTES
A WOMAN DEACON
(Romans 16:1-2)
– there are two ordinary offices in the church: elders/overseers (1 Tim.3:1-7) and deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13).
1. A woman deacon.
– 16:1; note that Phoebe did not change her pagan name (the moon goddess)
– she is …
Peter Barnes | Romans 15:30-33
SERMON NOTES
PRAYER FOR THE APOSTLE
(Romans 15:30-33)
– note his emphasis on prayer in 1:8-10; 10:1.
1. We are to strive humbly in prayer.
– 15:30; see Col. 4:2-3; 1 Thess.5:25; 2 Thess.3:1
– prayer is vigorous – see Gen.32:24-30; Isa.65:7; Col.2:1; 4:12; not …
Peter Barnes | Romans 15:25-29
SERMON NOTES
TAKING THE COLLECTION TO JERUSALEM
(Romans 15:25-29)
– there was a famine in Palestine in A.D. 46-48; see Acts 11:27-30; 1 Cor.16:1-4; Gal.2:10; 2 Cor.8-9; hence the Gentile Christians sought to help the Jewish Christians.
1. Ministry to the poor.
– 15:25-26; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 15:22-24
SERMON NOTES
PAUL’S PLANS FOR VISTING ROME
(Romans 15:22-24)
1. Life has its frustrations.
– 15:22; see 1:13
– probably not hindered by Satan as in 1 Thess.2:17-18 nor by God as much as by the needs of the church in the east
2. Consolidate …
