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You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Philemon 1:17 17 If [ei] thou count [echo] me [eme] therefore [oun] a partner [koinonos],
receive [proslambano] him [autos] as [hos] myself [eme]. KJV-Interlinear 17 If then you regard me a
partner, accept him as you would me. NASB The word for partner, koinonos,
means one who has similar interests.The
common interests between Paul and Philemon are the principles of
Christianity.And in Christianity, there
are the many principles of charity, forgiveness, fairness, understanding, self
control, grace, giving someone a second chance, and so forth. Christianity is not
everyone making up the rules as they go along.
Christianity is not everyone interpreting the rules of life in a manner
which is convenient to them. Christianity is not subjective as some would make
it out to be. The common interests of
Christians should be unbiased, unprejudiced, without preconceived ideas, not
ruled by emotions, certainly not ruled by their sin natures, nor guided by ones
self interests. The views of Christians
should be guided by charity, empathy, deference to Gods plan over their own
objectives. Probably more
important, Christian views should realize that God has a plan for every human
being, and that plan is intended to help people in their advance and
preparation for eternity.Gods plan does
not mean that you can advance yourself at the expense of someone else. If you seek to advance
yourself with the intention of, or by means of, taking advantage of others,
then your advance is phony and dishonorable.
You are only setting yourself up for ultimate loss at the end of your
life. Christians should meet
the issues of life with an open mind.This
does not mean that you allow someone else to run all over you. This does not mean that you sacrifice
responsibility.Nor does it mean that
you maintain a stubborn or rigid attitude. Paul is looking for
common ground, with which to deal with Onesimus situation. Paul is looking to Philemons maturity in
doctrine in order to arrive at a fair and equitable remedy for Onesimus. Paul wishes for
Philemon to apply the same principles toward Onesimus as he would toward Paul. Everyone should have
but one set of principles in life with which they apply toward everyone, and
not apply selectively as they see fit.
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
