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Series: Philemon: Reconciliation Through Forgiveness
Tim Badal
Philemon 1:8-16
We're in the middle of a three-week study looking at the shortest of Paul's letters written while he was in prison. He writes this letter not to a church, not to a group of people, but to one individual: a man by the name of Philemon. On the heels of our study of Colossians, the teaching team thought it would be a good idea to spend some time looking at this letter because of the close connections that Philemon has with the letter written to the Colossian church.
For those who weren't with us last week, we learned Philemon is a citizen of the city of Colossae. He is a convert through the teachings of the Apostle Paul. We learned that Philemon is a mature and growing follower of Jesus Christ who has a huge heart for hospitality. This is seen in the fact that Philemon opens his home to the Colossian church to have their worship times and gatherings for opportunities for prayer and fellowship. Philemon has the heart of hospitality to say, ''Hey, let's gather as Christians here in the city of Colossae. Let's gather in my home and I'm going to make sure my home is ready and open so the people of God can come together to worship and fellowship.''
We've learned that Philemon has heard the message of Colossians and is aware of the need for his salvation to be lived out in many different ways. One way I think Philemon would have opened his ears a little more would have been when Paul addressed the issue of slaves and masters because Philemon is a master. He has slaves and household servants under his leadership and guidance. We've talked about the issue of slavery and how it differs from our American understanding of slavery, yet we need to recognize that Paul addresses this issue of slaves and masters, encouraging Christian masters to take care of and minister to the slaves in their homes.
We don't know how many slaves Philemon has but we know of one ...
Series: Philemon: Reconciliation Through Forgiveness
Tim Badal
Philemon 1:8-16
We're in the middle of a three-week study looking at the shortest of Paul's letters written while he was in prison. He writes this letter not to a church, not to a group of people, but to one individual: a man by the name of Philemon. On the heels of our study of Colossians, the teaching team thought it would be a good idea to spend some time looking at this letter because of the close connections that Philemon has with the letter written to the Colossian church.
For those who weren't with us last week, we learned Philemon is a citizen of the city of Colossae. He is a convert through the teachings of the Apostle Paul. We learned that Philemon is a mature and growing follower of Jesus Christ who has a huge heart for hospitality. This is seen in the fact that Philemon opens his home to the Colossian church to have their worship times and gatherings for opportunities for prayer and fellowship. Philemon has the heart of hospitality to say, ''Hey, let's gather as Christians here in the city of Colossae. Let's gather in my home and I'm going to make sure my home is ready and open so the people of God can come together to worship and fellowship.''
We've learned that Philemon has heard the message of Colossians and is aware of the need for his salvation to be lived out in many different ways. One way I think Philemon would have opened his ears a little more would have been when Paul addressed the issue of slaves and masters because Philemon is a master. He has slaves and household servants under his leadership and guidance. We've talked about the issue of slavery and how it differs from our American understanding of slavery, yet we need to recognize that Paul addresses this issue of slaves and masters, encouraging Christian masters to take care of and minister to the slaves in their homes.
We don't know how many slaves Philemon has but we know of one ...
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