Peter Barnes | Romans 9:4-5
SERMON NOTES
THE PRIVILEGES OF ISRAEL
(Romans 9:4-5)
1. Privileges do not of themselves save anyone.
– 9:4; see 3:1-2; in Romans 9:4 he lists six privileges:
(a) the adoption. Ex.4:22-23; Hos.11:1. Paul is not using ‘adoption’ in the same sense as in Romans 8:15, …
Peter Barnes | Romans 9:1-3
SERMON NOTES
ANGUISH FOR ISRAEL
(Romans 9:1-3)
– Romans 9-11 is about God’s faithfulness as illustrated in His dealings with the Jews; what Paul wishes for the Jews (9:1-3; 10:1) will be accomplished (11:25-26a)
1. Paul is speaking divine truth.
– 9:1-2; 10:1; Paul is …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:35-39
SERMON NOTES
WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
(Romans 8:35-39)
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones; ‘nothing greater or more wonderful in the whole of Scripture’.
1. No earthly trials can separate the Christian from Christ.
– 8:35-36; the ‘us’ are those of 8:29-30; lists …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:31-34
SERMON NOTES
IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
(Romans 8:31-34)
– Matthew Henry: ‘If ever Paul rode in a triumphant chariot on this side of heaven, here it is.’
1. God is restricted by no one.
– 8:31; note Ps.27:1; recall …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:30
SERMON NOTES
FIVE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF SALVATION, part 2
(Romans 8:30)
– verses 29-30 flow from verse 28; Paul says much the same thing in 2 Thess.2:13-14
1. God calls His people.
– a general calling to all and sundry in Acts 17:30; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:29
SERMON NOTES
FIVE LINKS IN THE CHAIN OF SALVATION, part 1
(Romans 8:29)
– verses 29-30 flow from verse 28; in 1592 William Perkins wrote The Golden Chaine
1. God foreknew His people.
– not just in the sense that He foreknows everything
– Gen.18:19; …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:28
SERMON NOTES
ALL THINGS FOR GOOD
(Romans 8:28)
– sovereignty of God in Gen.50:20; Ps.115:3; 135:6; Dan.4:34-35; Matt.10:29; Eph.1:11.
1. The certainty of this truth.
– we do not know what to pray (8:26) but we do know the sovereignty of God in all things …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:26-27
SERMON NOTES
GROANING IN PRAYER
(Romans 8:26-27)
– J. C. Ryle says prayer is like breathing to the Christian, but it often isn’t.
1. We are weak at prayer.
– 8:26; compare our prayers to Daniel 9:1-19; John 17; Eph.3:14-19
– ‘watch and pray’ in …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:23-25
SERMON NOTES
CHRISTIANS GROAN
(Romans 8:23-25)
– Christians are already adopted into God’s family (8:14-17), but the resurrection of the body is still to come (8:23).
1. We groan while here on earth.
– 8:23; there are tensions in this life
– see 2 Cor. …
Peter Barnes | Romans 8:19-22
SERMON NOTES
CREATION GROANS
(Romans 8:19-22)
– Romans 8:18 governs the rest of Romans 8.
1. The creation is addressed.
– it is not the creature (KJV), nor is it angels, or Satan, demons, or unbelievers, or Christians (who are only introduced in verse 23)…
