Caleb Drahosh \\ "Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination, as by action." –Jonathan Edwards

Caleb Drahosh \\ We are united with Christ in his death and his resurrection which is all made possible by an empty tomb.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, just days before His death, was only a taste of the triumph that would come: "Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied (Isaiah 53:11)."

Caleb Drahosh \\ Just as God sent His Son to reconcile the world to Himself, Paul sends Onesimus back to Philemon to reconcile their broken relationship.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Although Onesimus stole from Philemon, Paul takes the debt on himself. By doing so, he paints a picture of the redemption that comes through the Gospel.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Although Onesimus was free for the first time, he came to realize that true freedom was not the ability to do that which he wanted, but to do that which was created for.

Blaze Culliton \\ There is no way to love apart from a pure heart.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Onesimus was transformed from one who had no use to his earthly master, to one who became of great use to Philemon and Paul in his service to the Gospel.

Caleb Drahosh \\ Paul commends–and experiences great joy through–Philemon for his public faith which leads to love for others.

Caleb Drahosh \\ The authority of Jesus surpassed all that the crowds understood or expected.