Sunday, October 25 | Pastor Jason Browning
3 Phrases People Most Wanted to Hear
“I love you.”
“You are forgiven.”
“Supper is ready.”
1) Welcome
Philemon 1:17
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.
Paul is saying I want you to consider having a relationship that is stronger than it was before the offense.
Philemon 1:16
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.
God deliver us from a Christianity that we can do all by
V7- of the Lord
V8- In Christ
V20- refresh my heart in Christ
2) Useful
We must see those who have wronged us as useful in God’s plan for our lives.
Philemon 1:11
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
Onesimus means
What you thought was useless in your life, God is about to make useful.
3) Charge
Philemon 1:18
If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.
All our wrong, all our sin was