Monday, June 25, 2012

Philemon 1:11

Onesimus is what we know this fellow as.  Yet the play on words here between his name and "unprofitable" or useless makes one wonder if that had just been a nickname.  It doesn't matter.  What is important is his character.  He evidently was quite the trouble maker.  Yet something happened when Jesus entered his life.  He became worth something.  Not just as a follower of Christ, but in the secular sense.  He wasn't an annoyance anymore.  Just is the outcome when Jesus is in our heart... our character improves.

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