September 29, 2013 · Philemon 1:16 (NIV)

Letting Go of Rights

no longer 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.
— Philemon 1:16 (NIV)
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“Spreading the gospel was actually more important than anything. It's more important than anyone's rights. The right of Philemon. The right of Onesimus. He knew that Philemon had every right not to accept. He could execute him. But he wasn't about rights. He was about Christ. … Forgiveness is the most powerful thing in the world. It is the ultimate ethic of the Christian life. It is the ultimate story of good news, because forgiveness is the very thing that we get out of this whole thing.”
— Rev. Dr. Cyril Guerette, "Philemon"

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