by Ray Viola | Jan 17, 2019 | Communion Messages, Philemon
In a very private and personal letter, the Apostle Paul writes to the beloved Philemon to receive back a runaway slave, Onesimus, who had since come to faith in Christ. Reminding Philemon of his debt to Paul and seeking the same grace for this fugitive, Paul paint a...
by Ray Viola | Aug 31, 2014 | Philemon
Many bible scholars believe that this epistle was written at Rome during Paul’s first imprisonment, nearly four years after his arrest at Jerusalem (Ac 21:33), during all of which time he had been in bonds, but permitted to preach. See Ac 28:31. Philemon was one...
by Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2013 | Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians
Paul is completely convinced that he is in prison according to the good, perfect and acceptable will of God. Instead of moaning and crying and complaining, he is: Abiding in Christ and looking for ways to bring glory to him as long as he is there. Concerned for others...
by Ray Viola | Apr 13, 2013 | Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon, Philippians
With this post we begin a lengthy study of the Prison Epistles of the apostle Paul. What we see in these epistles (as in the rest of Scripture), is that the content of these letters are: God centered Christ exalting Spirit filled These documents are given to us by God...