Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:17
(17 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: QUIETENED BY LOVE, EXULTED IN PRAISE (Zephaniah 3:17)
O. Palmer Robertson calls it ‘the John 3:16 of the Old Testament.’
1. God is the Mighty One.
– 3:17. Calvin quotes the Roman pagan poet Ovid: ‘Not well do agree, nor dwell …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:14-20
(10 December 2017)
SERMON NOTES: SALVATION TO ISRAEL (Zephaniah 3:14-20)
– ‘I will’ is found 21 times in Zephaniah, and there are a cluster of them at the end here (3:18-20). This is applied in a number of layers: to the return after the Babylonian exile, …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:9-13
(26 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: GOD CONVERTS THE REMNANT (Zephaniah 3:9-13)
Judgment is universal, but there will be a remnant that know the grace of God.
1. God calls a remnant.
– 3:11-13; see Matt.7:13-14; Luke 12:32.
2. Jews and Gentiles are part of the remnant.…
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 3:1-8
(19 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: JERUSALEM SHOULD KNOW BETTER! (Zephaniah 3:1-8)
Jerusalem should know better!
1. The city of God is corrupt.
– 3:1-2. Jerusalem goes her own way, and does what she likes. Calvin called unbelief ‘the mother of all the evil deeds’ that men …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 2:4:15
(12 November 2017)
SERMON NOTES: JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS (Zephaniah 2:4-15)
God speaks of His judgment against Israel’s enemies: the Philistine cities to the west (2:4-7); Moab and Ammon to the east (2:8-11); the Cushites (NIV, ESV) or Ethiopians (NKJV) or even the Sudan to the …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:14-2:3
(November 5 2017)
SERMON NOTES: SEEK THE LORD BEFORE THE DAY COMES (Zephaniah 1:14-2:3)
– John 5:28-29. Zephaniah speaks of the day of the Lord, but the news is a warning more than a comfort.
1. A day of great judgment is coming.
– 1:14-18. Francis …
Peter Barnes: Zephaniah 1:4-13
(22 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF HIS OWN PEOPLE (Zephaniah 1:4-13)
– ‘The Day of the Lord’ is a day of judgment (1:7-3:8) and yet also of hope (3:9-20). Earlier, there was Amos 5:18-20; Isa. 34:7; 35:10.
– …
Peter Barnes Zephaniah 1:1-3
(15 October 2017)
SERMON NOTES: THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH (Zeph.1:1-3)
Zephaniah lived before the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem about 587 B.C. King Josiah is mentioned, who reigned from 640-609 B.C. Zephaniah emphasises the Day of the Lord e.g. 1:14-16. He spoke of judgment more than …
