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  • Grace to You and Peace in Philemon

    After revealing the authors of Philemon as well as the recipients, Paul goes on to utter his oft-repeated greeting in Philemon 1:3. Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a familiar greeting from the apostle Paul. In fact, in each of the thirteen New Testament letters…

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  • To Whom is Philemon Written?

    So, we’ve established that Paul and Timothy are the authors of the New Testament letter of Philemon. But now, to whom are they writing? Philemon 1:1 continues and tells us the recipient of this letter and what Paul and Timothy consider him to be to them. Recipient: Philemon unto Philemon our dearly beloved,and fellowlabourer, So, Paul…

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  • Philemon Author

    In Philemon 1 we see the co-authors of this letter and how they’d like to be thought of by the recipient of their epistle. Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, Philemon Author: Paul So, we have Paul who sees himself as a prisoner of Jesus Christ. Paul was in prison at…

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  • “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

    In a mass email dated Monday, October 2, 2017, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, uttered these words of assurance: Scripture teaches us, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” But what Scripture is he referring to? Where is this passage in the…

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  • David’s Petition in Psalm 40

    And now, the last section of this psalm in verses 13 through 17 has David petitioning the Lord – asking the Lord for something. And again, we see the element of invocation as well here. So, David will be calling on the Lord and making request of him to the end of this psalm. 13…

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  • David’s Lament in Psalm 40

    And so, after praising the Lord in the first five verses, and then going on to express his confidence in verses 6-10, David now starts his lament in verses 11 and 12. And as we often see, he invokes the Lord or calls on the Lord in conjunction with his lament. 11 Withhold not thou…

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  • How Hebrews 10 Uses Psalm 40

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    So, let’s go on over to Hebrews 10. We’ll read and comment on verses 1-10. KJV Hebrews 10:1 ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. OK,…

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