By Andrew Williams – June 14, 2021 Scripture: “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. “Philemon 1:16 NKJV Observation : If I am your slave then I’m your property. If I am your […]

By Andrew Williams – June 13, 2021 Scripture : For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, Philemon 1:15 NKJV Observation : Sometimes we might find ourselves losing something that we hold dear or cherish. We may not understand the reason why, but sometimes what happens in

By Andrew Williams – June 12, 2021 Scripture : But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. Philemon 1:14 NKJV Observation : Paul respects his disciple Philemon and he could command Philemon to do what is expected of him, but

By Andrew Williams – May 30, 2021 Scripture : “whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.” Philemon 1:13 NKJV Observation : Paul’s need for care was being administered by Onesimus but Paul was willing to send him back to his

By Andrew Williams – May 29, 2021 Scripture :”I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,” Philemon 1:12 NKJV Observation : Now that Onesimus is profitable Paul is sending him back. Is this Paul’s way of helping Philemon? Paul goes on to say that Onesimus is his own heart.

By Andrew Williams – May 28, 2021 Scripture : “who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.” Philemon 1:11 NKJV Observation : What a difference salvation and discipleship makes! Onesimus’ life; previously unprofitable to one, is now profitable to two. When we are saved we become changed and

By Andrew Williams – May 27, 2021 Scripture : “I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,” Philemon 1:10 NKJV Observation : Paul is appealing for Onesimus , who he says is his son begotten while incarcerated. This shows how much Paul loves this young man that

By Andrew Williams – May 26, 2021 Scripture: “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—” Philemon 1:8‭-‬9 NKJV Observation : Here we

By Andrew Williams -May 25, 2021 Scripture : ” For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.” Philemon 1:7 NKJV Observation : Philemon was a disciple who showed love to other disciples in a tangible way. His way of life encouraged

By Andrew Williams – May 24, 2021 Scripture : “that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus”. Philemon 1:6 NKJV Observation : Paul is praying that the disciples would understand even more who they are in Christ, and with this