{"id":4853,"date":"2019-06-02T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T21:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2019-06-02T17:32:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T21:32:02","slug":"letter-to-my-friend-philemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=4853","title":{"rendered":"LETTER TO MY FRIEND, PHILEMON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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“Letter to My Friend, Philemon”<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Philemon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PAUL SPEAKS WITH COURTESY<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philemon 1:1-3 (ESV) <\/b>
\n1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, <\/span>To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house:
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colossians 4:17 (ESV) <\/b>
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And say to Archippus, \u201cSee that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord.\u201d
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PAUL SPEAKS WITH COMMENDATION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philemon 1:4-7 (ESV) <\/b>
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers,
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints,
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. <\/span><\/p>\n

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PAUL SPEAKS OF CONSENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philemon 1:8-14 (ESV) <\/b>
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0yet for love\u201d\u2122s sake I prefer to appeal to you\u201d\u201dI, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus\u201d\u201d
\n10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment.
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
\n12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart.
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel,
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be by compulsion but of your own accord. <\/span><\/p>\n

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PAUL SPEAKS OF CHANGE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philemon 1:15-16 (ESV) <\/b>
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For this perhaps is why he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever,
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0no longer as a bondservant but more than a bondservant, as a beloved brother\u201d\u201despecially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 12:13 (ESV) <\/b>
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body\u201d\u201dJews or Greeks, slaves or free\u201d\u201dand all were made to drink of one Spirit.
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Galatians 3:28 (ESV) <\/b>
\n28 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Colossians 3:11 (ESV) <\/b>
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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PAUL SPEAKS WITH CONFIDENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Philemon 1:17-25 (ESV) <\/b>
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0So if you consider me your partner, receive him as you would receive me.
\n18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it\u201d\u201dto say nothing of your owing me even your own self.
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
\n21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
\n22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0At the same time, prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be graciously given to you.
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you,
\n24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
\n25 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. <\/span><\/p>\n

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