Gospel Wednesday: Philemon
Philimon is a short book but contains a valuable lesson in forgiveness.
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,to the beloved Apphia, 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.I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you —being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. - Philemon 1:1-25 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philemon1:1-25&version=NKJV
In Philemon 1:1-3 Paul gives the greetings. In verse 4-7 he thanks Philemon for his faith and love.
In verses 8-17 he pleads with Philemon to forgive Onesimus and receive him back. The slave had run away, became a New Testament Christian, and ministered to Paul.
In verses 18-19 Paul promises to pay Philemon back for any wrong Onesimus may have done. A demenstration of Christ's grace. In verses 20-22 Paul expresses confidence in Philemon's obedience and to prepare a guest room for him.
Verses 23-25 is the ending where fellow laborers greet Philemon.
The lesson is to forgive any and all wrongs others may do to us.
If you have not obeyed the Gospel then please obey today before it's everlasting too late.
And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” - Matthew 27:31,35 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew27:31,35&version=NKJV
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. - John 19:19 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John19:19&version=NKJV
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their headsand saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. - Matthew 27:39-40,46,50 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew27:39-40,46,50&version=NKJV
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” ), - Galatians 3:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians3:13&version=NKJV
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. - Ephesians 2:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians2:13&version=NKJV
and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. - Colossians 1:20 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians1:20&version=NKJV
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. - Galatians 6:14 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians6:14&version=NKJV
1. Hear
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans10:17&version=NKJV
2. Believe
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” - John 8:24 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John8:24&version=NKJV
3. Repent
I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. - Luke 13:3 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke13:3&version=NKJV
4. Confess
“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. - Matthew 10:32-33 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew10:32-33&version=NKJV
5. Be baptized
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. - Mark 16:16 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark16:16&version=NKJV
6. Remain faithful
Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. - Revelation 2:10 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation2:10&version=NKJV
For more information on obeying the Gospel contact your local church of Christ.
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,to the beloved Apphia, 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.I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you —being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ—I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. - Philemon 1:1-25 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philemon1:1-25&version=NKJV
In Philemon 1:1-3 Paul gives the greetings. In verse 4-7 he thanks Philemon for his faith and love.
In verses 8-17 he pleads with Philemon to forgive Onesimus and receive him back. The slave had run away, became a New Testament Christian, and ministered to Paul.
In verses 18-19 Paul promises to pay Philemon back for any wrong Onesimus may have done. A demenstration of Christ's grace. In verses 20-22 Paul expresses confidence in Philemon's obedience and to prepare a guest room for him.
Verses 23-25 is the ending where fellow laborers greet Philemon.
The lesson is to forgive any and all wrongs others may do to us.
If you have not obeyed the Gospel then please obey today before it's everlasting too late.
And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.” - Matthew 27:31,35 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew27:31,35&version=NKJV
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. - John 19:19 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John19:19&version=NKJV
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their headsand saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. - Matthew 27:39-40,46,50 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew27:39-40,46,50&version=NKJV
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” ), - Galatians 3:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians3:13&version=NKJV
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. - Ephesians 2:13 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians2:13&version=NKJV
and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross. - Colossians 1:20 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians1:20&version=NKJV
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. - Galatians 6:14 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians6:14&version=NKJV
1. Hear
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans10:17&version=NKJV
2. Believe
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” - John 8:24 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John8:24&version=NKJV
3. Repent
I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. - Luke 13:3 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke13:3&version=NKJV
4. Confess
“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. - Matthew 10:32-33 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew10:32-33&version=NKJV
5. Be baptized
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. - Mark 16:16 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark16:16&version=NKJV
6. Remain faithful
Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. - Revelation 2:10 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation2:10&version=NKJV
For more information on obeying the Gospel contact your local church of Christ.
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