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Last week we started a sub theme of our study of the church. There are certain things good churches do; just as there are certain things bad and dying churches do (think Revelation 2-3 ). Last week I took the whole sermon to preach about the most important activity of a healthy church - The preaching…

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord…

We are reminded that God graciously unites us into one family. We are encouraged to serve one another with humility.

A little context for you. The book of Philemon is a short letter written by St. Paul in the early 60’s. Paul writes to a wealthy Christian man and church leader named Philemon living in Colassae who’s slave named Onesimus ran away and befriended Paul. The book of Philemon is perhaps one of the most clear…

COUNT THE COST OF CHRISTIANITY I went in the Navy SEALS website and it says right in the beginning of their website: this is how you can assess and ponder whether you want to be a Navy SEAL. Then they lay out exactly what it's going cost you, and what they describe is intense. In the first phase of training,…

Lord, grant me the grace to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change those things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference Wilberforce MP dedicated his life to abolishing slavery Undoubtedly influenced by Paul in Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave…

Introduction: The Gospel demands all of us. It is something that penetrates our minds and hearts. It changes the way we live, think, spend our finances, raise our children, do marriage, and relate to others. It demolishes social barriers, economic barriers, and ethnic barriers. There is no aspect of…

Paul’s Plea Paul writing to Philemon about his runaway slave Onesimus who is returning V 8 - 16 read V 17-21 Pray Partnership V 17 If you Regard me as partner, comrade, brother in arms, brother in Christ Paul is assuming Paul is putting the responsibility on Philemon to regard Paul the same then accept…

The New Man Onesimus is a new man, a new creation born from above, adopted into the family Onesimus has changed from being a useless slave to a useful brother in the eyes of God Onesimus was a sinner on his way to hell someone not deserving of anything good like the rest of the human race, a blind beggar…

Philemon’s Spiritual Maturity Paul hear about the faith and love Philemon has Paul prays for more maturity for him and the church the knowledge of everything that is good to be known so that Jesus would be glorified Paul here is reminding Philemon that he it is by grace that he is who he is Paul is going…

The Big Ask Happy Mother’s Day again! In watching the news this morning as I was getting ready to come to the church one of the newscasters said that Mothers are often not appreciated in our culture today. Yet in my experience, you will seldom meet someone who would say they don’t appreciate their mother.…

Scripture Text 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have…

“Confronting Benny” - Ben Patterson, He Has Made Me Glad, 2005; Larson & Ten Elshof, Editors, 1001 Illustrations that Connect fi-lee-mun (Google:British, Webster) fuh-lee-mun (Google:American, Webster,BibleSpeak.ord) fill-luh-mun (BibleSpeak.org) Learned from KJ - Fi-lee-mun He's our mediator and our…

Theme: The appeal of the Gospel is made tangible in life by servants made useful by the Gospel. Illustration: Providence and One Life Bible Study. “All things come to pass immutably and infallibly so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without his providence.” The lot is cast into the…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one book at a time, one verse at a time. Thank you for that message of music and for you faithfulness and commitment to the Lord and our little tabernacle. I pray y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that this…

Onesimus: From slave to... The rest of the story… Paul Harvey There is a rest of the story regarding Philemon and Onesismus Letter delivered at the same time as the letter to the Colossian church (and probably Ephesians as well). The Colossian church, or at least part of it, met at Philemon’s house.…

Introduction 1 Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, 2 to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God,…

Philemon 1-25 Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always when I remember…

Imagery of Christ Demonstrated So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me. If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother,…

7 Benefits to Forgiveness

Sunday Evening Lesson

Philemon is a great example of a ministry of Reconciliation.

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Background Theme Context Map of Places Timeline Basic Outline of the book Audience and Purpose Relevance to today Although a personal letter, this is a rich example of how to handle conflicts within the church. In addition, it reveals the church as a family without distinctions of class, race, or ethnicity.…