Peter Barnes | Romans 14:18-20
SERMON NOTES
SERVING CHRIST AND CHRISTIANS
(Romans 14:18-20)
– the ‘weak’ are not the false (e.g. 2 Pet.2:1).
1. Showing consideration for the weak pleases God and men.
– 14:18-20; not the person eating against his own conscience but the strong leading him to do …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:16-17
SERMON NOTES
FIRST THINGS FIRST
(Romans 14:16-17)
– emphasis on balance and proportion as in Matt.23:23-24.
1. We need to use our liberty with consideration.
– 14:16; the ‘good’ is not so much the gospel as ‘gospel freedom’; see Gal.5:1, 13; what we do has …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:13-15
SERMON NOTES
DO NOT BE A STUMBLING BLOCK
(Romans 14:13-15)
– Rom.14:13-23 deals mainly with how Christians treat one another rather than on the judgment seat of Christ or God. Here Paul concentrates on the strong.
1. The strong are to be considerate of the …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:10-12
SERMON NOTES
ANSWERING TO GOD
(Romans 14:10-12)
1. Knowing that God is the judge softens us.
– 14:10; most people today believe that if we know that God will judge us, it will harden us
– see Matt.18:21-35
– Heb.2:11-13; James 4:11-13; Calvin: ‘Anyone … …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:7-9
SERMON NOTES
LIVING AND DYING TO THE LORD
(Romans 14:7-9)
– moves from the particular to the general, which is unusual.
1. A Christian does not live to himself.
– 14:7; none of the modern emphasis on ‘the most important person is you’ or ‘fulfil …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:5-6
SERMON NOTES
OBSERVING DAYS
(Romans 14:5-6)
1. The issue of holy days.
(a) There are different attitudes.
Contrast to Gal.4:10-11; Col.2:16.
(b) What about the Sabbath?
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that the Sabbath is moral, not ceremonial. The early Church Fathers did not call Sunday …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:3-4
SERMON NOTES
THE LORD MAKES US TO STAND
(Romans 14:3-4)
– three issues – food (14:2), days (14:5-6), and wine (14:21)
1. The strong must not be contemptuous of the weak.
– 14:3a; 1 Cor.8:1
– Acts 21:17-29. J. Gresham Machen appeared on fundamentalist platforms, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 14:1-2
SERMON NOTES
ACCEPTING ALL WHO ARE CHRIST’S
(Romans 14:1-2)
– three issues – food (14:2), days (14:5-6), and wine (14:21)
– ‘weak’ does not mean ‘false’ but ‘mistaken in some respects but still holding to the gospel’.
– ‘weak’ may be mostly Jewish, but that …
Peter Barnes | Romans 13:11-14
SERMON NOTES
THE DAY DRAWS NEARER
(Romans 13:11-14)
– no foundation or framework for morality today.
1. Be ready for the coming of Christ.
– 13:11-12; be ready in Matt.25:1-13, 14-30; Luke 12:35-40
– perspective in Heb.10:24-25; James 5:8-9; 1 Pet.4:7
– Thomas Chalmers said …
Peter Barnes | Romans 13:8-10
SERMON NOTES
LOVE FULFILS THE LAW
(Romans 13:8-10)
– note Rom.3:31
1. We are to owe people nothing.
– 13:8a; link with verse 7; the Bible does not forbid borrowing or lending (Ex.22:25; Ps.37:26; Matt.5:42)
– but beware of debt (Ps.37:21)
2. We owe love …
