Greetings

Paul’s Greeting

Who is the letter written to? and why to the church?

the same greeting that is in all of his letters

but why does Paul begin with grace and peace

is this just something they said back then?

Read Philemon 1-3.

Pray

The structure

first 3 verses

Paul a prisoner

Christ Jesus

Paul followed by 4 names

Grace to you

Lord Jesus Christ

Last 3 verses do the same

From Paul and Timothy

to Philemon

Apphia the wife?

Archippus the son?

to the church that meets at Philemon’s home

The Greeting: if that much thought was put into the ending and beginning of the letter

should we therefore look closely at all of the wording in the middle

Grace and peace from God and our Lord Jesus Christ

Jesus our Lord

Christ Jesus, Lord Jesus Christ

Philemon is Lord over all that he owns

And he has purchased slaves from the slave market

and what Philemon wants, the slaves do

he takes care of them feeds them provide all of their needs

Philemon needs to remember that he also has a Lord over him

One who bought him with the price of His blood

the one who gives him life everlasting

full of Grace and peace

Jesus is the Good Shepherd

and Jesus did not buy Philemon because of wealth or potential

But because of Christ’s great love for him

And as Lord, Jesus has work for us to do

People we need to forgive

people that we need to disciple

to use our Holy Spirit given gifts, and talents

Grace

Romans 11:5–6 (LEB)

So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant selected by grace. But if by grace, it is no longer by works, for otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Grace is something good, but undeserved, given to us by God

when we think of grace we think of saving grace

God giving us salvation that we don’t deserve

Grace is the foundation of our salvation

Grace is love in action/ or love being demonstrated

Ephesians 1.

1 Corinthians 15.

2 Corinthians 8

2 Corinthians 12.

Phil 2 12.

Acts 6 8.

2 Peter 3 18.

Grace is the essence of Christianity

Grace is God doing for us what we are totally incapable of doing for our selves

Chairo- Grace - Charity . beggars need charity

before God we are beggars for everything Godly

God taking us to the wood shed is also Grace

Revelation 3:19 LEB

As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!

Peters rooster was Grace teaching him that he was not as strong as he thinks

so how do we receive Grace By Faith

Ephesians 2:8 LEB

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

through faith we receive the grace of salvation

Colossians 2:6 LEB

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, live in him,

we walk/ live our Christian lives by grace through Faith

James 4:6 LEB

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

we need to come with empty hands

having given up doing it on our own

Story of the young Scottish minister who walked proudly into the pulpit to preach his first sermon. He had a brilliant mind and a good education and was confident of himself as he faced his first congregation. But the longer he preached, the more conscious everyone was that “the Lord was not in the wind.” He finished his message quickly and came down from the pulpit with his head bowed, his pride now gone. Afterward, one of the members said to him,

If you had gone into the pulpit the way you came down, you might have come down from the pulpit the way you went up.

The humble man realizes that all that he has comes from God and must be given back to God. But when we think we're humble--we're not!

The “gravity of grace” works like the earth’s water system, which always flows from the highest to the lowest point. Just as the waters of Niagara roll over the fall and plunge down to make a river below, and just as that river flows ever downward to still more low-lying areas where it brings life and growth, so too it is with God’s river of grace. Grace’s gravity carries it to the lowly in heart, where it brings life and blessing. Grace goes to the humble.

Paul wants Philemon and the rest to have Grace

because Grace is the only thing that can make us effective

Peter wants us to grow in Grace

are we allowing Grace to flow to us?

are we receiving it by faith?

Philemon 1–3 (LEB)

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker, and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Peace flows from God when we are trusting in Him

Peace flows from the Grace of God

Paul’s greeting has a boat load of theology,

and practical christian living

if its used, recieved, acquired

By Faith