Good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings. We have two services,

the first of which is our Bible prophecy update, and second service is our verse by verse study

through the Word of God. Our text today is going to be Philemon, verses 15 through 25. We'd

encourage you to join with us there. And while you're doing that, I have a praise report.

I want to share with you today. Pictured here is a beautiful picture of our church building

and conspicuously absent from the roof are cell antennas.

So they are now removed.

This is a huge answer to prayer.

I just want to say thank you to all of you that prayed.

And now we can get started on the repair of our roof.

So praise the Lord.

This is huge, by the way. So thank you. All right, let's get into the word, Philemon, verses 15 through 25. Lord willing, we're

going to actually finish this short epistle today. I'll ask you if you're able to stand.

You can follow along as I read, if not where you're seated is fine.

The Apostle Paul is writing to Philemon and says by the Holy Spirit, verse 15, perhaps the reason

he, speaking of Onesimus, was separated from you for a little while, was that you might

have him back forever. No longer, verse 16, as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother.

He is very dear to me, but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.

So verse 17, if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back, not to mention that

you owe me your very self. That's not what you think. We'll talk about this. I do wish, verse 20, brother, that I may have some benefit

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