After the death of Queen Elizabeth II and accession of Charles III to the throne, we are reminded in the Scripture of the upcoming death of the apostle Paul, and his receiving of a crown, while Timothy and others would now bear the burden. For the child of God, the crowning day is coming by and by.

It was a strange providence that brought Onesimus, a free bondman, to meet with the apostle Paul, a bound freeman- But the grace of God in Christ declared them both free, with a freedom that cannot be enslaved.