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Introduction Today I want to do a somewhat book overview of this short letter from Paul to a man by the name of Philemon. Let’s look first at some of the attributes of this man Philemon: Philemon was a man of God (v1) His conversion implies it’s tied to Paul’s ministry (v19) He had a church in his house…

Produces Diligence But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the church lately. ‌ I’ve been thinking a lot about the church lately, particularly the idea of “church fellowship”. ‌ I chose a handshake as a visual for this series because I think it gets the point across that I’m hoping to make about “Church Fellowship”. There tends…

Introduction Philemon is a short letter sandwiched in between Titus and Hebrews. “Why study Philemon?” One main reason: it’s very likely that this letter to Philemon was written and sent with the letter to the church at Colosse. We know that Philemon was part of the church at Colosse, and there are some…

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

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - Psalm Reading “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke…

It has been an amazing week. On Monday night as I tried to clean up my house and my Dad was watching Monday night football, I saw a player go down without being touched. My heart sank. I know football and this wasn’t a normal football injury. You may care less about football and in just a few seconds…

Main Idea Build intentional bridges that support the weight of truth. Outline and Core Passage I - What Relational Evangelism Is II - Why we do evangelism III - It is what Jesus modeled for us IV - How You can live this out 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are…

Intro: There is an old saying that goes something like this, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care!” That is a true statement. Matter of fact, that is a statement of biblical proportions. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. In the…

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…

Greetings grace to you to be filled with grace to be humble and in need of grace grace to live the christian life the way God intends grace for every aspect of the christian life but it needs to be acquired by faith Paul is going to continue with thanksgiving and prayer for Philemon and the encouragement…

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.…

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…

Sunday Evening Lesson

Grateful Heart Introduction: Give thanks with a grateful heart. Thank you goes a long way. Thank you is a polite thing. It was apart of the learning our “ Please and Thank you’s” Thank you in today’s culture is still very widely used. We still teach people to use it in business practices. When i was…

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.…

In the letter of Philemon we find Paul advocating for a friend, and showing us one of the most difficult features of the Christian life: forgiveness.