_ONESIMUS_ ‘I beseech Thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds.’ Philemon 1:10 A man may be known by the company he keeps, by the books he reads, and by the letters he writes. I. THIS EPISTLE WAS A PRIVATE LETTER OF ST. PAUL.—Dr. Hawker says, ‘If it were not where it is, folde... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD’S OVERRULING PROVIDENCE_ ‘For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?’ Philemon 1:15 We have here an e... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘ANSWERED PRAYERS’_ ‘Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him.’ Acts 12:5 ‘But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.’ Philemon 1:22 The two passages taken together, and con... [ Continue Reading ]