Word of Encouragement - Wednesday

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

[0:00] good morning bible baptist church it's

[0:03] time for the word of encouragement

[0:05] on this wonderful wet wednesday as it's

[0:08] been raining today

[0:10] but it is so exciting to hear from you

[0:12] today

[0:13] for our word of encouragement we're

[0:15] continuing in our series in philemon

[0:18] and so this morning will be in verses 8

[0:20] through 13.

[0:22] philemon 8-13 the bible says wherefore

[0:24] though

[0:25] i might be much bold in christ to enjoin

[0:28] thee

[0:29] that which is convenient yet for love's

[0:32] sake i'd rather beseech thee

[0:34] being such and one is paul the aged and

[0:36] now also a prisoner of jesus christ

[0:39] i beseech thee for my son onesimus

[0:42] whom i have begotten in my bonds which

[0:45] in time passed was to the unprofitable

[0:48] but now profitable to thee and to me

[0:51] whom i have sent again thou therefore

[0:53] receive him

[0:54] that is in my known bowels whom i should

[0:57] have retained with me that in thy stead

[1:00] he might have ministered unto me in the

[1:02] bonds of the gospel

[1:03] the apostle paul in talking to philemon

[1:06] has

[1:07] in these first seven verses expressed

[1:09] his

[1:10] greeting and express his love and his

[1:13] excitement for philemon's

[1:15] uh heart for the lord and his faith in

[1:18] the lord

[1:19] but here he he's beginning to get to the

[1:22] the matter at hand

[1:23] and the matter at hand this morning is

[1:26] dealing with

[1:27] onesimus onesimus being paul's son

[1:31] in the faith and it's paul's desire

[1:35] that onesimus would be received

[1:38] back to philemon and so we find here in

[1:41] our text this morning as we read it

[1:43] together that philemon is being

[1:46] requested by the apostle paul paul says

[1:48] wherefore though

[1:49] i might be much bold in christ to enjoin

[1:51] thee that which is convenient

[1:54] yet for love's sake i'd rather beseech

[1:56] thee so because of love i'm

[1:58] asking you philemon being such a one as

[2:00] paul the aged a

[2:02] prisoner of jesus christ he's asking him

[2:04] about onesimus

[2:05] and he says i've begotten him in my

[2:06] bonds in other words paul had the

[2:08] opportunity

[2:09] to lead onesimus to the lord and while

[2:12] he was in prison and so somehow

[2:14] paul had that opportunity and so

[2:17] onesimus has

[2:18] received the lord and now paul is saying

[2:21] now i know that onesimus and time's fast

[2:23] to thee was unprofitable

[2:25] but now it's profitable to be the end of

[2:28] me whom i've said again that thou

[2:29] therefore receive him

[2:31] that is of my own vows that whom i would

[2:33] have retained with me

[2:34] that in thy stead he might have

[2:36] ministered unto me in the bonds of the

[2:38] gospel

[2:39] onesimus was ministering to the apostle

[2:42] paul nessimus was being

[2:44] used of god to be a blessing to the

[2:47] apostle paul

[2:48] even though he'd come from a situation

[2:50] that was not good he'd been a slave

[2:53] to philemon and he had left his master

[2:56] he had run away he had put himself in a

[3:00] position

[3:00] of disobedience uh and

[3:04] paul had begotten to him in other words

[3:06] paul led him to christ and now

[3:08] onesimus paul sends him back

[3:11] how nervous onesimus must have been and

[3:14] we'll talk a little bit

[3:14] more about that tomorrow but the

[3:17] interesting thing here is this

[3:18] in verse 13 paul said that

[3:21] i would have retained with me that in

[3:23] thy stead he might have ministered unto

[3:25] me in the bonds of the gospel

[3:27] onesimus was ministering to paul even

[3:30] though he's a new christian

[3:32] even though he'd come from a terrible

[3:34] background even though his life

[3:36] situation was

[3:37] not at the best time in his life

[3:40] he still was being used by god because

[3:43] anybody

[3:44] who's willing to let god have their way

[3:47] his way in their life

[3:49] can be used by god in a great way

[3:52] so i'd like to challenge you this

[3:54] morning be available

[3:57] for god to use you now you may say well

[3:59] preacher you don't understand the

[4:01] background that i come from yes i

[4:04] may not understand that but god does and

[4:07] god

[4:07] brings you to the place of being

[4:10] available to him so that he might

[4:11] use you to be an encouragement to others

[4:14] to minister to other people

[4:17] every situation that you and i have been

[4:20] through

[4:20] has been brought upon us so that god

[4:23] could use us now

[4:25] some of the situations in our life are

[4:27] not god

[4:28] derived but are sin derived or are flesh

[4:31] derived

[4:32] decisions that we made there are people

[4:34] who have made fleshly decisions and

[4:36] suffered consequences

[4:38] but repented and got right and god is

[4:40] using them today

[4:42] because of the decision they made to get

[4:45] right with god

[4:46] yes the difficulty they went through yes

[4:48] the situations of life were terrible

[4:51] were awful but god showed himself

[4:54] mighty and showed himself strong and was

[4:57] able to use those individuals for the

[5:00] glory of god

[5:01] so today number one be available

[5:04] be available for god to use secondly

[5:07] not only be available but be repentant

[5:11] oh how we don't like that word

[5:13] repentance but it is a needful part in

[5:16] the christian life

[5:17] when there's wrong in our life when

[5:19] there's sin in our life we

[5:20] need to repent and get right so be

[5:23] available

[5:24] and be repented also stop and consider

[5:27] today what god would have you and i

[5:29] to do and the desire of his life

[5:33] for us and his thoughts for us

[5:36] because his way truly is best and i love

[5:39] looking in the life of philemon here and

[5:41] how he handles this situation

[5:43] with onesimus and paul's boldness

[5:47] but yet paul's love paul encourages him

[5:51] paul talks about his relationship with

[5:54] the lord

[5:54] and when you're right with god you'll be

[5:58] right with people

[5:59] but when you're not right with god

[6:01] you'll struggle in your relationship

[6:03] with people

[6:04] so today let me challenge you be

[6:06] available

[6:08] be repentant and lastly be right

[6:11] be right with god today the songwriter

[6:14] wrote the song

[6:15] and asked the question is thy heart

[6:18] right with god

[6:19] washed in the crimson flood cleansed and

[6:22] made holy

[6:23] humble and lowly right in the side of

[6:26] god

[6:28] countess thou all things for jesus but

[6:30] loss

[6:31] is thy heart right with god it's a good

[6:34] question

[6:36] so let me ask you this morning is your

[6:39] heart right

[6:40] also today be in the word

[6:44] you need the word of encouragement today

[6:46] now philemon's

[6:48] word of encouragement may not be the

[6:49] same for you it may not even thrill your

[6:51] heart

[6:52] but yet be in god's word today

[6:56] and if you're going to receive people

[6:58] who have done you wrong

[7:00] the only way you can do that is when

[7:02] your relationship with god is right now

[7:05] if you don't want to get right with

[7:07] people

[7:09] then you are not right with god

[7:14] so if you're if you have situations with

[7:16] people in your life that you're holding

[7:17] grudges

[7:18] bitterness anger and animosity toward

[7:20] god's not pleased

[7:22] you need to get it right with god and

[7:25] then secondly with people

[7:27] so i'm glad you came today to the word

[7:30] of encouragement

[7:31] but remind ourselves that philemon helps

[7:34] us to understand

[7:35] that god wants us to be available to be

[7:38] repentant

[7:39] and to be right see you next time for

[7:42] the word of encouragement but hopefully

[7:44] i'll see you tonight

[7:46] in the lord's house seven o'clock bible

[7:48] baptist church 1440 south country club

[7:51] road

[7:51] el reno oklahoma we'll see you at seven

[7:54] o'clock

[7:55] whether in person or online have a

[7:58] wonderful wonderful

[7:59] day