God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible,

tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

It only takes up one page in our New Testament and yet it is quite a story. In our journey through scripture, we've come now to the little letter of Philemon. It only has 25 verses, 445

words. It is the shortest letter of the Apostle Paul ever wrote. And it's been called a model letter

written by a master of letter writing. And indeed, it is an interesting letter. Let me give you

the background, if I may. It's the story of a slave, a man who was so disgruntled with life and

with his lot in life that he thought if I could

just get away if I could just escape you ever feel that way I'm thinking now the

words of the Psalmist when he said oh that I had wings like a dove for then what I

fly away and be at rest the truth of matter is most people don't need a geographical

change they need a spiritual change it's not a

change of scenery or surroundings it's a change of heart and that was the case in the life of

this servant by the name of onesimus he runs away from home he steals from his master

who happens to be a believer a man by the name of philemon a man who knew the

apostle Paul and he

runs away he runs away to a huge metropolitan area called Rome I'm sure he thought he

could get lost there could I remind you that you can't escape God that you can't

run from the Lord the same psalmas said if I send heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed in hell,

behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell on the uttermost part of the

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