Charge To My Account

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 Onesimus the same way

If i showed up at your door...

treat this runaway thieving slave...

V 18 If he has wronged you,

stole from you

whatever loss because of no work

whatever he owes

charge this to my account

V 19 I will repay

O by the way… you owe me

your very life

a debt you cannot pay

In Christ

Jesus speaking to the Father

V 17 receive him as me

when you look at him, you see me

when you see him, all you will see is My righteousness

accept him as me a son with all of the rights and privileges as a heir

accept him as one of the family

V 18 charge this to my account

the sin he has done

the worship that he has stolen from you

the work he has not given you

the hours of devotional time he has given to the tv

the time you wanted to spend with him that he squandered

the offerings that you deserve he used on a new boat

V 19 I have paid it all

Grace is loves that pays a price

Grace is not cheap, a high price was paid

with my blood I have bought him

with my body on the cross I paid the price in full

all of his sins have been imputed to me, put on my account

I was treated the way he was to be treated

You owe me

you very life

I bought you with my blood

I gave my life for you

I gave you new life

I took the wrath of God for you

I brought you into the family

Refresh My Heart

V 20 I ought to have some benefit from you

Paul is saying to Philemon I have confidence in your obedience

obedience to the gospel

obedience to the things we are indebted to

see other family members as Christ does

treat them like you would Jesus

treat them like as if all of the things you have against them are paid in full

the benefit Paul and Jesus receives from us is when the Gospel is lived out in our lives

we owe a great deal to our Savior

let us refresh the heart of Jesus