Christ changes people. He takes timid fishermen and makes them into courageous leaders. He takes critics and makes them into apostles. He takes what was once useless and makes it useful for His kingdom. That’s why the apostle Paul encouraged his friend, Philemon, to accept God’s transformative work in the life of a wayward servant named Onesimus. Such an act of acceptance would prove the gospel’s power to a watching world. It’s an act we can imitate today.

ESV passage Philemon 1:8-21.