Jan. 21, 2024

   SERIES: FORGIVENESS

APPEAL TO A FRIEND

PHILEMON 1-11

GOD HAS CALLED EVERY CHRISTIAN TO BE A MINISTER OF RECONCILIATION 

2 CORINTHIANS 5:18,19

PAUL APPEALS TO PHILEMON TO BE A MINISTER OF RECONCILIATION 

1. THE APPEAL TO EXTRAORDINARY  LOVE

• COLOSSIANS 3:12,13
• NOT AN ORDER- vv. 8,9
• AS A FRIEND - v 1
• AS AN EXAMPLE - v. 2
• OUT OF A THANKFUL HEART – v. 4
• BECAUSE OF A VALUABLE MINISTRY - v. 5
• BECAUSE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY - v. 6
• BECAUSE LIVES ARE REFRESHED - v.7

2. THE HEART OF THE APPEAL NOT FOR DOCTRINE, BUT FOR MERCY

• MATTHEW 5:7
• TO BLESS AND ENCOURAGE
• 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11
• NOT FOR STATUS, BUT FOR GRACE
• PHILIPPIANS 2:1-5
• NOT FOR PERSONAL PROFIT BUT VOLUNTARILY– v. 14
• NOT FOR POPULARITY, BUT FOR

       RIGHTEOUS CHARACTER

• 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

3. THE REWARD OF FORGIVENESS – vv. 8-11

• A NEW RELATIONSHIP

• MATTHEW 5:22-24
• A NEW PARTNERSHIP- v. 16
• A NEW PREVAILING PEACE
• EPHESIANS 4:1-3   •    MATTHEW 5:9
• A NEW TESTIMONY- v. 6
• A NEW FUTURE - v. 9,11
• 2 CORINTHIANS 4:23-30