Peter Barnes | Romans 13:5-7
SERMON NOTES
THE CHRISTIAN AS CITIZEN
(Romans 13:5-7)
1. We are subject to the authorities not just for the wrath but for the sake of conscience.
– 13:5; it could be God’s wrath or the authorities’ wrath or both
– second motive is conscience – …
Peter Barnes | Romans 13:1-4
SERMON NOTES
JUSTICE IN THE CIVIL SPHERE
(Romans 13:1-4)
– see Matt.22:15-21; can become a serious issue e.g. Acts 5:63-37; 17:6-7
1. Authorities are from God.
– 13:1; see Ps.75:7; Prov.8:15-16; Dan.4:17, 25, 32; John 19:11
– the state is not the world (James 4:4; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:19-21
SERMON NOTES
OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD
(Romans 12:19-21)
We live in an increasingly angry and litigious society. Lloyd-Jones: ‘There is nothing worse than a quarrelling church, a church in dispute.’
1. We must leave vengeance to God.
– 12:19; see Deut.32:35.
– 1 Pet.2:23; 2 …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:17-18
SERMON NOTES
LIVING PEACEABLY WITH ALL
(Romans 12:17-18)
Deals here mainly with responding to outsiders.
1. We are not to repay evil with evil.
– 12:17a; similar to 12:14, 19
– Prov.24:29; Luke 6:28-29; 1 Thess.5:15; 1 Pet.3:9
2. We ought to recognise that unbelievers …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:16
SERMON NOTES
HARMONIOUS HUMILITY
(Romans 12:16)
1. We are to strive for unity in thinking.
– this is a call to be of the same mind (NKJV), or to live in harmony and unity (NIV, ESV). Paul seems to be mainly speaking of thinking here …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:13-15
SERMON NOTES
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS
(Romans 12:13-15)
1. We are to share with other Christians.
– 12:13; literally, ‘to enter into the fellowship of the needs of the saints (same word as for ‘fellowship in 1 John 1:3)
– for hospitality, see 1 Pet.4:9; Gen.18; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:11-12
SERMON NOTES
DILIGENCE, JOY, ENDURANCE AND PRAYER
(Romans 12:11-12)
– emphasis on diligence and zeal – note Gal.6:9; 2 Thess.3:13; Calvin: ‘Our flesh, like the donkey, is forever lazy, and therefore needs to be spurred on.’
1. We must be diligent.
– 12:11; the spirit …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:9-10
SERMON NOTES
BEING LOVING
(Romans 12:9-10)
Love is all you need, sang the Beatles. No, it is not.
1. Love is sincere.
– 12:9a; ‘without a mask’. See Luke 22:47-48
– love can easily be disguised selfishness; love can hurt at times (Prov.27:6)
– …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:8
SERMON NOTES
MAKING THE MOST OF OUR GIFTS
(Romans 12:8)
The seven gifts mentioned in Romans 12:6-8 do not seem to be in any particular order.
1. The gift of encouraging.
– 12:8a; this can also be translated as ‘exhorting’ (NKJV, ESV, Cranfield, Martyn Lloyd-Jones)…
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:6-7
SERMON NOTES
MAKING THE MOST OF OUR GIFTS
(Romans 12:6-7)
1. The gifts are from God’s grace.
– 12:6a; from God, Christ (Eph.4:7), and the Spirit (1 Cor.12:7-11)
– the word for ‘grace’ is related to the word for ‘gifts’
2. The gift of prophecy.…
