Peter Barnes | Romans 12:2
SERMON NOTES
TRANSFORMED BY THE WORD
(Romans 12:2)
Verses 1-2 actually constitute one sentence – read Rom.12:1-2. Martyn Lloyd-Jones cites someone who wrote that ‘Jesus demanded not a reformation of behaviour, but a transformation of character.’
1. We are not to be conformed to this …
Peter Barnes | Romans 12:1
SERMON NOTES
A LIVING SACRIFICE
(Romans 12:1)
– Romans 12-16 deal more with the Christian life, based on Christian doctrine
1. Ethics flows from doctrine.
– 12:1; like Eph.4:1
– the alternative is to appeal to self-interest or platitudes
2. God’s mercies are to affect …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:33-36
SERMON NOTES
THE WONDER OF GOD’S WAYS
(Romans 11:33-36)
– doctrine leads to ethics (12:1), but also praise (11:33-36). Paul probably has Romans 9-11 particularly in mind rather than Romans 1-11.
1. God is far beyond us.
– 11:33; riches (or grace, like Eph.3:8), wisdom, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:30-32
SERMON NOTES
DISOBEDIENCE AND MERCY
(Romans 11:30-32)
– this is a summary of vv.11-29.
1. Israel’s disobedience has meant mercy for the Gentiles.
– 11:30; the Gentiles were far from God (Eph.2:12), but God used Israel’s failure to reach them (Rom.11:11, 12, 15, 28; see …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:26b-29
SERMON NOTES
THE DELIVERER FROM ZION
(Romans 11:26b-29)
– cites Isaiah 59 which says that Israel could not save herself so God stepped in to do it.
1. The Redeemer will come from Zion to Jacob.
– 11:26b-27, from Isa.59:20; 27:9; Jer.31:33.
-Zion must be …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:23-26a
SERMON NOTES
ALL ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED
(Romans 11:23-26a)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones called it ‘one of the most remarkable prophecies in the Bible’.
1. God is more readily able to convert Israel.
– 11:23-24; sounds odd.
2. Paul reveals a mystery to keep Gentiles from being …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:21-22
SERMON NOTES
THE KINDNESS AND SEVERITY OF GOD
(Romans 11:21-22)
Robert Haldane: ‘Men generally form in their imagination the character of God according to their own inclination. It is the duty of the Christian to take God’s character as it is given by Himself.’
1. …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:17-20
SERMON NOTES
HUMBLE BRANCHES
(Romans 11:17-20)
Paul draws on the Old Testament image of the professing people of God in Jer.11:16-17; Hos.14:6-7
1. The root, the natural branches, and the wild branches.
– 11:17-18; the root is not the Jews so much as the patriarchs, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:15-16
SERMON NOTES
THE HOLY COVENANT GIVES LIFE
(Romans 11:15-16)
Augustine on Romans 9-11: ‘Here Paul begins to speak of his hope for the Jews, lest the Gentiles in their turn become condescending toward them. For just as the pride of the Jews had to be …
Peter Barnes | Romans 11:11-14
SERMON NOTES
SALVATION THROUGH JEALOUSY
(Romans 11:11-14)
Augustine on Romans 9-11: ‘Here Paul begins to speak of his hope for the Jews, lest the Gentiles in their turn become condescending toward them. For just as the pride of the Jews had to be countered because …
