Episode 46

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25th May 2026

46 | The Sound Mind Series: Philemon - AUDIO ONLY

Grateful for Godly friends that suggest such amazing books to read! I thoroughly enjoyed studying Philemon. Not just because it was short; but because this short "letter" packed a punch.

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Speaker:

All right, you guys, welcome

back to I Can't, He Can.

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We're here for another Sound Mind, not so

series, because this is just one episode.

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This is a very short book, and we're

going to be reading through the Book

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of Philemon today, which maybe it's the

Hispanic in me, I always thought it was

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Philemon, but now I feel kinda ridiculous

after hearing, so many people and my

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pastor say Philemon instead of Philemon.

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So it's Philemon, you guys.

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but we're going to be doing the

Sound Mind series today based off of

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this book, and I wanted to say thank

you to my very good friend, Heidi,

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for actually suggesting this to me.

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We had a very short conversation

a few weeks ago, and I told

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her, I was like, "I'm not sure

what to do after Ecclesiastes.

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I have some ideas of some books,

but, I just, I wasn't sure what or

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take it," and she suggested Philemon.

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She gave me like a little brief,

description of what, she, was taking

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from it or what she had heard from it.

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And if truth be told, I

had never read that book.

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I had no idea that it

was even written by Paul.

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It's one of the letters that, that Paul

actually wrote, which I don't know why I

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thought it was just like bigger letters,

not just like this very small one.

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But that is neither here nor there.

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I just, I had no idea, and I'm

very grateful because in this very

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small 25 verse, book of Philemon,

there's just, there's a lot.

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There's a lot of valuable lessons,

and it's something that I can't

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wait to share with you because- We

could use all the help we could get.

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We could use all the help we could get,

and I truly do believe that we face

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situations like this that Philemon and

Paul had to, face in this, it's not

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a short story, but in this situation.

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and we could just, we

could take so much from it.

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So without further ado, I just want

to kind of preface this by saying,

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and rather asking you guys, have you

been faced with a situation where

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you had to kind of out someone?

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You kinda had to do the, the

righteous thing, or actually

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just show good character?

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You had to show good character and be

upright in doing the right thing, even

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if it meant kind of outing someone.

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I certainly have had that, mostly like in

my professional life, as I was training,

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different people several years ago.

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And even now, I do have to keep a certain

accord as to how things are gonna go.

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people have to do things the right way.

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You can't just kind of slack off,

you can't lie, you can't, you

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can't do all sorts of things.

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So you do have to be upright and follow

rules, and this is, in my opinion,

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what Paul was being faced with.

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again, you have to always read the Bible

in context, and you have to understand

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that there are some things that are for

Jews in this time where the, the word

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was written, and there are things that

obviously we can apply to ourselves today

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because it was written for what they

call the Gentiles, which the Gentiles

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are people that are not of Jewish origin.

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So it was like people of other countries

that were then learning the gospel.

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So essentially, for whoever is

seeing this, I would like to just

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assume, that the majority of people

listening to this are Gentiles.

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We are not Jewish.

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and that's okay.

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There's nothing wrong with being Jewish.

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I would just like to make that very clear.

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In today's day and age, everyone

is very sensitive about that.

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However, the point is that you must

always read the Bible in context.

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When I first read this, again, 25

verses, very short, but when I read it

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the first time, I skipped through the

little summary that my Bible gives me.

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I didn't really do a deep dive

to understand Why it was written,

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I just read through the verses.

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And I would like to discern

that the majority of people

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tend to read the Bible this way.

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And you can, because there are things

that are always going to speak to you.

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However, when you understand where the

authors of these books in the Bible,

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came from, what they were enduring,

what they were going through, who

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they were speaking to specifically,

everything begins to connect a lot more.

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And that's why, a few episodes ago,

I think maybe two episodes ago,

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I did that, keep it in context.

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and it's so important.

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It's so important.

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It is relevant to reading the word,

it is relevant to everything that

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we have on social media platforms

today, and it's even relevant

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into how we speak to our children.

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We can't, we can't teach our

children or, reprimand them

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without giving them a reason.

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They need to know why they are in trouble.

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They need to know, why things are done.

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And sometimes even for us, if we are

in trouble, if the roles are reversed,

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we need to be taught or we need to

be spoken to in a way where we can

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understand, "Okay-" Sometimes you

may not be wrong, but it could be a

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situation where, "All right, I understand

your reasoning for why you did this,

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however, in my context, in my job,

in my office, we do things this way.

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Your way is not wrong,

but it's not my way."

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So anyway, I say all these things to

say that context is important, and

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the more you understand why things

are written a particular way or why

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things are said a particular way, the

backstory behind anything, it will

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make a lot more sense, and I truly do

believe it will help you grow as well

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as an individual because you get to

put yourself in other people's shoes.

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And, that just kind of draws me

to a little side note that we all

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suffer, through different things.

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We all come from different walks

of life, and what seems very big

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or very small to someone does not,

diminish that feeling for that person.

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so I just kind of, I don't

know, had that thought right now

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and just wanted to share that.

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especially me, I'm very emotional, so

a lot of times I have a lot of anxiety

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for certain things, and those problems

are very real and very big to me.

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But in hindsight, they end up being

very small because they're always

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resolved, and we always come through.

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So anyway, that's that.

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But with Philemon in mind, I want

you all to remember that I...

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And I, off the top of my head, I don't

recall exactly, but some of the books

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in which Paul wrote, he was imprisoned.

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He was literally kept in lockdown.

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He couldn't go anywhere.

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he had to go basically plead his case,

to, whoever was ruling at that time.

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I'm not gonna get into details because

I truly don't remember that right now.

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But I do know that context, that

he was Under arrest, during the

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majority of the time that he was

writing some of these letters.

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So in this instance, there was a

slave, and I don't wanna mispronounce

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it, I have it circled right here.

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It's a little confusing, and I

s- when I read this the first

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time, I was like, "One-simas?"

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O- Onesimus.

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Onesimus.

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I'm not sure how you pronounce that

100%, but read it for yourselves.

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O- let's just call him Onesimus.

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Okay?

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Onesimus.

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The more I say, the more wrong it sounds.

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But again, neither here nor there.

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So Paul actually receives this

runaway slave, and this man, Onesimus,

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was actually a slave to Philemon.

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Now, Paul is the common denominator

between the slave and Philemon.

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Philemon actually was a person

who Paul discipled, a person who,

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started, to be a follower of Christ,

so you know, thank, thank God that

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Paul came into Philemon's life.

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So Philemon has that, understanding of

forgiveness and grace because he heard

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the gospel and he accepted Jesus, Jesus

Christ into his heart and into his life.

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So with that being said, Paul

takes Onesimus into his home.

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Again, this is already an individual,

Paul, who is under arrest.

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He is dealing all of, with all of

these, situations where he's being,

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seen as a person who's preaching

the gospel and is a problem, and

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essentially he's already in hot water.

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So you would think any person who is

in this kind of situation would be

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like, "Nope, sorry, not today, buddy.

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you, you gotta go.

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Gotta go.

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I don't want any problems, and

you have to go back to your,

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your owner," in this case.

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And he didn't do that.

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Of course he didn't, he didn't

do that, because he's, he's Paul.

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and side note, I would love to say

that I am like Paul in that sense.

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I don't know.

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You know, one day if I encounter

something like that, I could only

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strive to, to be like Paul, who

is also, very much like Christ and

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embody the Holy Spirit in that sense.

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But anyway So he dealt with that,

and he took Onesimus in, and at

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that time, Onesimus, Onesimus, the

slave, let's just say the slave,

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the slave, the runaway slave rather,

was not a follower of Christ.

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So he ended up molding him.

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He ended up discipling him.

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He preached the gospel to him.

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He taught him how to be an upright

person and follower of Christ.

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So all in all, the end of the

story is that Paul basically says,

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"Okay, slave, Onesimus," not really

in those words, but you get me,

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"you need to do the right thing.

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You need to go back to Philemon, plead

your case," and I believe that because

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Philemon is a man of God, is a follower

of Jesus Christ, I believe he will

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find it in his heart to also forgive

and give grace, and we're all good.

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in a nutshell, that is how

I interpreted the story.

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now, before I read through the text,

I'm just giving this background

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because this is such a crazy situation.

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You're already in hot water,

and you're dealing with a person

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who essentially committed a, a

big crime as well in that time.

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you could, like, literally go through...

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I would say you could be

hung, but that's not...

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You could probably be crucified,

and Lord knows what else, they could

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have done to them at that time.

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And just put yourself in those

shoes, like, if you were dealing with

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someone who committed a crime, but

you knew the person that was gonna

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deal with them, could perhaps maybe

give them some grace because they're

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followers of Christ, would you do that?

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Or would you say, "I'm sorry,

figure it out on your own"?

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So just ask yourself that question.

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And I made a few notes on here,

as I was reading, that some of the

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things that really stood out to me,

the words that I got from these 25

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verses in Philemon, was that this is

a story of, number one, forgiveness.

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it's a story of redemption.

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It's a story of selflessness,

of knowing right and wrong, or

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acknowledging right and wrong,

rather, and also of discipleship.

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So if we are already strong in the Word,

if we are not just strong in the Word,

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but we really are making an effort every

day to be a better person, be more like

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Christ, and, really, carry the cross,

like Jesus did, or obviously not like

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Jesus did, but that we, we bear our own

cross and we die to our flesh every day.

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if we are truly being those kinds

of people, we can properly disciple

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other people and say, "Hey, I

know exactly what you're going

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through, but there is another way.

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There is the right way."

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And sometimes, even though the right

way may still, encompass having some,

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Oh, what's the word I'm looking for?

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May encompass having some, some

lash back, s- consequences.

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Like, you may have some consequences

from doing the right thing.

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At the end of the day, if you

wouldn't have done that wrong thing,

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you wouldn't be in that position.

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But Through the mercy of God and

through God's grace, if we do the

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right thing, we would most likely

still end up where we have to be

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and it's going to be good for us.

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Because even if there aren't

any consequences, we will

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learn and we will grow from it.

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not to mention that we will be testimonies

for other people, and that itself

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is just so amazing and so beautiful.

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So those are the things and the words

that kind of like I thought about when I

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finished Philemon and really understood,

what was behind the letter to Philemon.

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so again, Paul disciples this runaway

slave that belonged to his friend

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Philemon, and when he is already, firm

in, in Jesus Christ and the Gospel,

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he sends him back with this letter.

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So imagine, the runaway slave

holds this letter from Paul,

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'cause Paul again is imprisoned

and he can't actually go anywhere.

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He sends him back to face his

owner at the time, per se.

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and he's going to ask for

forgiveness and for grace.

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So I'm going to go ahead and,

begin reading Philemon, eh,

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I was gonna say chapter one.

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It's not even...

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It's chapter one, but it's only 25 verses.

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so we'll go back, eh, into some of the

notes that I had on here once we're done.

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But in a nutshell, that is basically a

summary, and I really wanted you guys

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to know that because it is so good.

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Anyway, Philemon, verse one.

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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and

Timothy our brother, to Philemon our

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beloved friend and fellow laborer, to

the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow

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soldier, and to the church in your

house: Grace to you and peace from God

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our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I love that little line.

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Sorry, side note.

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I've been using that so much more.

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It's such a, a, a beautiful small

prayer, that just goes such a long way.

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That was verse three.

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Grace to you and peace from God our

Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Verse four.

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I thank my God, making mention of you

always in my prayers, hearing of your love

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and faith which wi- which you have toward

the Lord Jesus and toward all saints,

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that the sharing of your faith may become

effective by acknowledgement of every good

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thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

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For we have great joy and

consolation in your love, because

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the hearts of the saints have

been refreshed by you, brother.

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Therefore, though I may be very bold in

Christ to command you what is fitting,

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yet for love's sake I rather appeal to

you being such a one as Paul, the aged,

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and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

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I appeal to you for my son Onesimus,

whom I have begotten while in my chains,

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who once was unprofitable to you, but

now is profitable to you and to me.

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I am sending him back.

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You therefore receive him, that is, my

own heart, whom I wish to keep with me,

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that on your behalf he might minister

to me in my chains for the gospel.

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But without your consent I wanted to do

nothing, that your good deed might not be

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my compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

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For perhaps he departed for a while

for this purpose, that you might

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receive him forever, no longer as

a slave, but more than a slave, a

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beloved brother, especially to me.

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But how much more to you, both in the

flesh and in the Lord If then you count me

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as a partner, receive him as you would me.

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But if he has wronged you or owes

anything, put that on my account.

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I, Paul, am writing with my own hand, I

will repay, not to mention to you that

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you owe me even your own self besides.

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Yes, brother, let me have

joy from you in the Lord.

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Refresh my heart in the Lord.

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Having confidence in your obedience,

I write to you, knowing that you

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will do even more than I say.

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But meanwhile, also prepare a guest

room for me, for I trust that through

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your prayers, I shall be granted to you.

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Epaphras, my fellow prisoner

in Christ Jesus, greets you.

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As do Mark, Aristarchus, Aristarchus, oh

my gosh, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus

Christ be with your spirit.

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Amen.

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That's it.

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That's all Philemon is.

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This one book has so many lessons,

and I already explained what I had

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gotten in the beginning, but now I just

wanna go through some of the verses

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and the notes that I wrote on here.

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As always, you guys can

see my little scribbles.

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They're all over the place,

and I just, I love it so much.

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I love it so much going back and just

getting these little details and be like,

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"Man, like, Paul's a really cool dude.

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Like, I wish I could do that."

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But anyway, all right.

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So as I said, I had some notes on here

that this is a book about forgiveness,

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redemption, selflessness, knowing

right from wrong, and discipleship.

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However, I'm gonna go towards the

end of the scripture, th- towards

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the end of the, of the letter.

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The biggest and most selfless thing,

that I caught on there, maybe you guys

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caught it, too, but we'll go back to that.

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the very first verse that I have

outlined on here is verse six, and

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it says that, "The sharing of your

faith may become effective by the

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acknowledgement of every good..."

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Oh, excuse me, "... of every good

thing which is in you in Christ Jesus."

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So, my little side note says,

"Paul's hope for Philemon."

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So that's basically his hope.

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He's saying that, "I'm sending this

guy back to you, and I truly hope

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that because you are in Christ and

that acknowledgement of everything

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that is good in Jesus Christ, I

hope you make the right decision."

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so that was his hope for

Philemon, in my opinion.

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and then I put that the word

consolation in verse 7, I underlined

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it, and I put, "Has faith."

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so verse 7 says, "For we have great

joy and consolation in your love,

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because the hearts of the saints

have been refreshed by you, brother."

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So I, like, when I read it, I,

consolation, obviously, like, to

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console someone, like, we, we're

trying to, like, make something easier

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or something better for that person

because they're going through something.

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When I read it, to me, I understood

as consolation is that he has faith.

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so read it again with that in mind.

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"For we have great joy and consolation,"

or, or faith, "that in your love, in your

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love, because the hearts of the saints

have been refreshed by you, brother."

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So anyway, that was that,

little side note there.

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And we move on to verse eight.

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I actually have a few

things circled on here.

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I have the word fitting, what is

fitting, which I circled fitting, and I

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put, "What is right," meaning the law.

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So what is fitting a lot

of the time is, the law.

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Like, you have to do the right thing.

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then I put, I circled, "Yet for

love's sake," yet for love's sake,

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and then I put a little square

around, "I rather appeal to you."

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all these things are just,

like, little keywords that,

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jump out at me as I'm reading.

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My side note on here says let me see.

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Yeah, Onesimus, whom I have begotten.

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Oh, in verse 10, "I appeal to you

for my son Onesimus, who I have

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begotten while in my chains."

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And then my side note to that

says, "Takes responsibility,

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Christ-like, just like Jesus."

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So the same thing.

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So he even says that while he was in

chains, while he was imprisoned, he

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took Onesimus as it was his own son.

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So he's taking responsibility

for knowing that he ran away, and

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holding him, and just trying to

teach him like a father would a son.

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so let's read eight through 10 again,

keeping in mind the little things that I,

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scribbled, and underlined, and all that.

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Verse eight: "Therefore, though I might

be very bold in Christ to command you

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what is fitting," again, what is right

or what is the law, "To command you what

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is fitting, yet for love's sake," so even

though this might be right, the fitting

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thing, the lawful thing, "Yet for love's

sake," because you have love in you, you

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have Christ in you, you know right from

wrong as well, "I rather appeal to you,"

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he chooses, instead of sending him to

whoever was going to detain him or if

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he was also gonna be imprisoned 'cause

he ran away, Paul, "I rather appeal to

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you," Paul rather appeal and write to

Philemon "Being such as, being such a one

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as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner

of Jesus Christ," verse 10, "I appeal

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to you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have

begotten while in my chains, who once was

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unprofitable to you but now is," and I

circled is, "profitable to you and to me."

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So Paul is clearly outlining

that before Onesimus was no good.

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He was bad.

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He did all things wrong.

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He ran away.

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But now he's sending him back, and he's

saying, "I am taking responsibility.

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This is my son, who, while I was

in chains, I basically brought him

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up and showed him a better way,

and now he is profitable to you."

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So in a way, like, this is also kind

of like what we do for our kids.

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One day our kids are gonna leave the

nest, they're gonna get married, and

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this is basically what we're doing.

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We're saying to their future

spouses, "Hey, you know, maybe

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they weren't profitable to you

before, but I think I did a good

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job and they're, they're good to go.

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They're ready to be adults in, in society.

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They're ready to get married.

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They're..."

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You know, you could only hope that they're

just good, upright, young men and women.

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So it's basically the same thing

that Paul did for Onesimus.

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Moving on, I have here in, let me

see, in verse 15, "This purpose".

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I put to be saved, so I feel like Paul

meant when he said, "For this purpose",

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I feel like he meant that the purpose

of Onesimus running away and going

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through all of these things that, this

debacle that they're all in, is for him

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to be saved, for him to come to Christ

and, and to be another soul saved.

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for a while for this purpose, that you

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might receive him forever," verse 16, "no

longer as a slave, but more than a, but,

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but more than a slave, a beloved brother,

especially to me, but who much more to

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you, both in the flesh and in the Lord."

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now he's returning, again, still as

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a slave, he may still work for him,

but he's also a brother in Christ.

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bigger purpose for each other.

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and they can carry each other in

other ways, not just, employee

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and employer, for example.

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my little side note here says,

"Not only as his slave again, but

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also saved and brother in Christ."

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side note, "We are all the same,

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especially in Christ's eyes."

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I circled count me, and I put right

next to that, to accept or believe.

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So verse 17, Paul says to Philemon

in the letter, "If then you

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count me as a partner, receive

him as you would me," verse 18.

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"But if he has wronged, if he has wronged

you or owes anything," and I underlined

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this in bold, "put that on my account."

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Okay, if you're listening audio only,

I, like, opened my eyes very wide.

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"Put that on my account."

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I just pause for a reaction.

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Okay?

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So my side note there, I, going back

like how I said, side note, we are all

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the same, especially in Christ's eyes.

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So if you count me as a

partner, receive me as you would

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receive him, as you would me.

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And in Christ's eyes, we're all the same,

so it doesn't matter what we do, doesn't

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matter what we say, we are all the same.

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One's sin is not bigger than the other's.

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If we profess with our lips that

Jesus Christ is our Lord and

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Savior, he is going to accept you

and take you into his kingdom and

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reconcile you back to God one day.

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So it doesn't mean, that, that

you're better than another person.

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God loves us all the same.

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Jesus will forgive all the

same if the heart is right.

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so I don't know, I just had

that little side note there.

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"Put that on my account," my little

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side note says, "The ultimate lesson."

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To me, this was the ultimate lesson,

and when I talked about selflessness,

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this is where I got selflessness.

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This is the most selfless

act that one can do.

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Even though Paul has nothing to do

with Onesimus until now, when he was

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discipling him and showing him the gospel

and how to be a, more Christlike and

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how to be better, this is the ultimate

lesson because he is saying to Philemon,

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"Listen, accept me," accept, pardon me,

"accept Onesimus as you would accept me.

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Because we are brothers, you

know the gospel-" You should

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know grace, you should know love.

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Accept him as you would accept me.

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But if he does owe you something,

if he did steal something, put it

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on my account, put it on my tab.

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I got it, don't worry.

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I will pay you back.

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if there was a problem of, also just

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running away, okay, running away he

can forgive because he is in Christ.

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He should have the Holy Spirit,

and w- we're called to forgive.

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Paul said, "If there is anything that

he owes, put that on my account."

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have been, like, a theft, type, verbiage.

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It...

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I feel like it may also have been,

just to really ask him to truly

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forgive and surrender that, and

just say, "Look, put it on me.

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I'm taking the burden of this man to show

him and to teach him how to walk upright."

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So however you wanna look at it, I do

think that this is the ultimate, ultimate

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lesson, and it's the most selfless of all.

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Because how many of us would take

other people's problems for ourselves?

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How many of us would take

other people's debts?

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Probably not many.

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And if you think of the Man that

took everyone's debt, that washed

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away and wiped away everyone's

sin, that was Jesus Christ.

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So how beautiful and how grand and

how amazing that this one man, Paul,

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would be willing to do something not

as grand as, as Jesus, but still a very

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Christ-like gesture, in my opinion.

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and selflessness

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True surrender of giving your

all, in my opinion, is, is love

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Oh my God.

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And if you're watching, if you're

listening, I'm pausing 'cause I'm a little

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emotional, but every time I think of Jesus

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Every time I think of Jesus and

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The magnitude of what he did

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It just gets bigger every time.

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I'm sorry that I'm struggling right now.

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I'm trying not to, I'm trying

not to bawl my eyes out.

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Love is action

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Sorry, guys.

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Love is action.

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Love is selfless

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Love is just giving your all.

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what was done to Jesus on the cross

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was horrific and just wrong on so

many levels, and no one would ever

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endure that ever again to that extent.

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did it Because he loves you

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Paul had the Holy Spirit within him.

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Paul was in him, and through Jesus, he

was able to, be selfless and disciple

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Onesimus and teach him and also remind

Philemon of the gospel and put him

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in a position where he had to make a

decision, as to what he was gonna do.

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Was he gonna choose grace?

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Was he gonna choose to,

give more consequences?

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and Paul still said, "But if there

is, if there is something still

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that you need, I will take it.

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Put it on my account."

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And that is exactly what Jesus did for us.

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He took all our sins and

he put it on his account.

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He put it on his account,

and we are now debt-free.

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We live in a sinful world, but

there is no condemnation in our

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sin because we are forgiven.

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Our slate was wiped clean on that cross

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I hope that is clear.

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so thank you, Lord, for teaching all

of that to us through your sacrifice,

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for teaching that to Paul, for leaving

him with that, and for him Through you,

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through your Spirit, just leaving us

these nuggets and these books and these

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letters, that can teach the world so

much of your love and grace and your

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selflessness and everything that you are.

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my side note here for verse

21 and 22, I wrote for verse

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21, "Paul affirms his faith in

Philemon making the right choice."

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So verse 21 says, "Having confidence,"

meaning him having faith in Philemon,

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"Having confidence in your obedience,

I write to you, knowing that you

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will do even more than I say."

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already know because you're firm

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in the faith, I already know

you're gonna do the right thing."

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Verse 22, on my side note, Paul says,

"Paul even asks to have a room made for

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him because through prayer, he has faith

that he will be released from prison."

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so verse 22 says, "But meanwhile,

also prepare a guest room for

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me, for I trust that through your

prayers, I shall be granted to you."

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And man, if that's not

faith, I don't know what is.

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But I pray that we can

all have Paul's faith.

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I pray that we can all be as in prayer

and as just in the mud with our, our

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faith and just, like, rolling around

in it, and just trying to continue

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to cover ourselves in prayer because

the power of prayer is, is amazing.

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And while we think sometimes

that our prayers go unanswered

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and God is quiet, He's not.

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He's working.

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There's two choices.

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He's either working or His silence is an

answer, but it's up to you and to me, it's

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up to us to decipher what is from God.

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Is it that He's just working and I need to

be obedient and patient, or is He silent

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because deep down in my heart, I know this

is not for me, and the Lord is telling

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me, "It's not for you," in His silence.

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so anyway, so I truly hope, as I

always say, I truly hope that you

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guys, learned something from this book.

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There's just no way that you guys didn't

learn anything because this book was

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short, 25 verses, but it was beautiful,

and it was amazing, and there's just

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so many wonderful lessons that we

can also pass on to our children.

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If there's something that we may want

our children to be, it's we may want our

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children to learn from this book one day.

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obviously, the Bible as a whole,

this right here, there's just

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everything in here is worth

teaching to the entire world.

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But- I say to you that there's a lot

of amazing lessons, especially of

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selflessness and forgiveness, Too many

times we hold on to things of the past.

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Too many times we hold on to grudges,

and forgiveness is the most amazing gift

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that we can give ourselves in trials.

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We don't have to blame ourselves

for other people's wrongdoings.

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We don't have to blame ourselves

for our own wrongdoings.

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Sometimes that's just

how we're gonna grow.

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Sometimes that's just how we're going

to evolve and move on to the next level.

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If we have our own businesses,

sometimes we have to test the waters.

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We failed, it's okay.

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It's okay.

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Through prayer and supplication, ask

God to continue to guide you, and to

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give you the tools and to give you

the knowledge to take your business

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and yourself to that next step.

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Through prayer and supplication,

if you have something that you are

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struggling with, with your children,

with your couples, your spouse, your

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husband, your friend, your family, pray.

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And I myself need to follow that

because I've been praying a lot more

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lately, but I wasn't praying enough.

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I wasn't praying enough, and believe

me, the Lord Jesus Christ and God

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the Father and the Holy Spirit guide

us, and they show us, and they speak

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to us, but it's up to us to tap into

this, this gift that resides in us.

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It's, it's up to us to u- to use

it, to use it and to call on Him to

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give us that supernatural strength

that Jesus Christ can give us.

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It's up to us.

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It's up to us

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to stand firm in our faith, to forgive,

to be selfless, to love, to teach.

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So anyway, my friends, thank you all.

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Thank you all.

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I am so happy and so blessed that

you guys are here week after week

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listening to the I Can He Can podcast,

to listening to the Sound Mind series.

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I can't wait to have our next

episode, and I truly hope,

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again, that this has blessed you.

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I love you all.

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Take care.

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I Can't (HE Can)
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Hello, everyone!! Welcome to I Can't (He Can) - a down to Earth and honest podcast about life's high's, lows, and everything in between.

This podcast began with the intent of sharing childhood experiences, love, raising children, careers, my walk with Christ - not to mention, unpacking (very personal) daily struggles. However, in the most recent months, the show has evolved into something much, much greater. In my humble opinion, of course. Not only do we discuss all of the above; but we also began "The Sound Mind Series" which is dedicated to reading different books of the NKJV bible, word for word! Join me as I share my life journey, walk with Christ and AND share the Word of God.

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To whoever reads this:
I'm glad you're here and I hope you stay a while. There is something I need to give back to the world - and to you.

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