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Sweet Sunday Sermon – Pondering in Philemon

Submitted by Dr. GP INTRODUCTION• I have a great fascination with the short, one chapter books of the New Testament, and always teach them first in any program on which I embark.• My love relationship with the book of Philemon began in 1977, when I first studied this gem to teach its truths to the…

Submitted by Dr. GP

INTRODUCTION
• I have a great fascination with the short, one chapter books of the New Testament, and always teach them first in any program on which I embark.
• My love relationship with the book of Philemon began in 1977, when I first studied this gem to teach its truths to the young people of Mona Heights Chapel at a weekend camp that was to have been convened to celebrate my return home to Barbados from among these Brethren with whom I served while a medical student in Kingston, Jamaica.

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  1. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    “I was never taught that the Lord Jesus Christ was white or of any particular hue, in my youth, and I have never thought of it throughout my earthly sojourn. I guess this is because as J Vernon McGee would say ONE MUST KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING, AND THAT ONE MUST STRESS THE ESSENTIALS RATHER THAN THE INCIDENTALS IN ONE’S APPROACH TO STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES.”

    You have been hypnotised.

    The truth of the argument that Jesus was not pale lilly white European in any shape or form applies to original Jews hues too.
    False Religion was used by imperialists colonialists and capitalists slavers as justification for discrimination against people of colour and perpetuate doctrine of white supremacy. False religion is also a money scam and in the not so distant past the religious class used to dictate how to run Governments and implementation of laws and they also represented nationalism and supported war. You cannot distinguish religion and man’s obsession to rule in dominion.

  2. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Religious Education is about all religions.

  3. David Avatar
    David

    @Vincent

    Based on the history against which the books of the Bible were recorded it should depict truth.

  4. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    “I was never taught that the Lord Jesus Christ was white or of any particular hue, in my youth, and I have never thought of it throughout my earthly sojourn.”

    Doc that is an AMAZING statement.

    Now I notice it’s NOT in uppercase so I am unsure if its YOUR words exactly or something you cut n pasted from another.

    Taking it as YOUR words I can only say that I am totally confounded by what YOU DIDNT say!

    A young activelty thinking, likely voracious reader and smart fella sees basically ONLY white images of the Christ but at NO STAGE of those active brain pulses does he muse about or reflect on that imagery!

    Interesting.

    Oh I did not read your sterling presentation … actually popped over from my BJS (Biden Joy Syndrome) to see what @Codrington was saying.

    Anyhow let me ask you this: what are your thought now 50 some years on from 16, about a lily white Jesus imagery!

    Just wondering.

    I gone.

    Oh @John why do u do as @Austin always asserts answer/respond to your OWN questions …. not what is asserted.

    In what frame of reference could @Matiposa’s EVER be a youth prior to 1950s … and thus their statement not be true!

    You guys say some of the most astoundingly mind bending things!

  5. GP Avatar
    GP

    “I was never taught that the Lord Jesus Christ was white or of any particular hue, in my youth, and I have never thought of it throughout my earthly sojourn.”
    Doc that is an AMAZING statement.

    When I was an Anglican in my youth, each Sunday, the teaching was focussed on earling the collect in Sunday school. and sermons revolved around the Epistle and Gospel passage for the that Sunday. In preparation to be confirmed sinners we studied the Catechism. We did not waste time on rubbish as to what was the hue of the LORD JESUS CHRIST

    IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH I ATTENDED, WE STUDIED THE BIBLE
    I OWN AND HAVE READ SEVERAL BILE COMMENTARIES WRITTEN BY STAWARTS OF THE FAITH. NONE OF THESE DEALT WITH the hue of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, SEEING THAT IS NOT NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR SALVATION, OR FAITH AND PRACTICE.

    .ACTUALLY the most astoundingly mind bending things I HAVE EVER SEEN, OR HEARD ABOUT THE BIBLE APPEARS ON BU

    I REALLY CANT SEE WHY YOU THINK THAT IN MY YOUTH OR NOW THAT I SHOULD FOCUS ON RUBBISH

    WE SPEAK WHERE THE BIBLE SPEAKS, AND WE ARE SILENT WHERE THE BIBLE IS SILENT

  6. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    “WE SPEAK WHERE THE BIBLE SPEAKS, AND WE ARE SILENT WHERE THE BIBLE IS SILENT”

    what did the Bible tell you about the Trump Cunt

    I think you got it fucking wrong and misinterpreted what the bible told you due to your own prejudice and bias

    Bibliomancy
    Bibliomancy is the practice of seeking spiritual insight by selecting a random passage from a Holy Book. It is a form of Stichomancy, which involves selecting a random passage from a random book of any nature. Bibliomancy and Stichomancy have been popular methods of divination for at least 3000 years, when the I Ching was first used to divine the future.

    The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible:
    upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

    CH2 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

    CH2 9:21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

    CH2 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    CH2 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,

    The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible:
    MAT 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

    MAT 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

    MAT 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

    MAT 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

    MAT 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common

    he third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible:
    MAR 16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

    MAR 16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

    MAR 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

    MAR 16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

    MAR 16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth

  7. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Hinduism
    The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Rig Veda:
    we may see the sunlight.

    13 To Yama pour the Soma, bring to Yama consecrated gifts: To Yama sacrifice prepared and heralded by Agni goes.

    14 Offer to Yama holy gifts enriched with butter, and draw near: So may he grant that we may live long days of life among the Gods.

    15 Offer to Yama, to the King, oblation very rich in meath: Bow down before the Rsis of the ancient times, who made this path in

    Islam
    The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran:
    altogether?’

    God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between the two; He createth what He will, for God is mighty over all!

    But the Jews and the Christians say, ‘We are the sons of God and His beloved.’ Say, ‘Why then does He punish you for your sins? nay, ye are mortals of those whom He has created! He pardons whom He pleases, and punishes whom He pleases; for God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and what is between the two, and unto Him the journey is.

    O people of the Book! our Apostle has come to you, explaining to you the interval of apostles; lest ye say, ‘There came not to us a

    The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran:
    help!’

    And we opened the gates of heaven with water pouring down!

    And we made the earth burst forth in springs, and the waters met at a bidding already decreed.

    But we bore him on the thing of planks and nails; sailing on beneath our eyes, a reward for him who had been disbelieved!

    And we left it a sign;- but is there any one who will mind?

    ‘Ad called the apostles liars, and how was my punishment and my warning?

    Verily, we sent on them a cold storm wind on a day of continuous ill-luck!

    The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran:
    who is in the cradle a child?’ He said, ‘Verily, I am a servant of God; He has brought me the Book, and He has made me a prophet, and He has made me blessed wherever I be; and He has required of me prayer and almsgiving so long as I live, and piety towards my mother, and has not made me a miserable tyrant; and peace upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised up alive.’

    That is, Jesus the son of Mary,-by the word of truth whereon ye do dispute!

    God could not take to himself any son! celebrated be His praise! when He decrees a matter He only says to it, ‘BE,’ and it is; and, verily, God is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him; this is the

    Judaism

    The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Tanach:
    Judges 1: 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

    Judges 1: 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

    Judges 1: 7 And Adoni-bezek said: ‘Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.’ And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

    Judges 1: 8 And the children of Judah fought Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

    Judges 1: 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the Lowland.

    Judges 1: 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron–now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba–and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

    Judges 1: 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir–now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.

    Judges 1: 12 And Caleb said: ‘He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.’

    Judges 1: 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    Judges 1: 14 And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field; and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her: ‘What wouldest thou?’

    The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Tanach:
    2_Samuel 14: 17 Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.’

    2_Samuel 14: 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman: ‘Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.’ And the woman said: ‘Let my lord the king now speak.’

    2_Samuel 14: 19 And the king said: ‘Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?’ And the woman answered and said: ‘As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

    2_Samuel 14: 20 to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.’

    2_Samuel 14: 21 And the king said unto Joab: ‘Behold now, I have granted this request; go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.’

    2_Samuel 14: 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said: ‘To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of thy servant.’

    2_Samuel 14: 23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

    2_Samuel 14: 24 And the king said: ‘Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face.’ So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.

    The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Tanach:
    2_Chronicles 21: 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed joyless; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

    2_Chronicles 22: 1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

    2_Chronicles 22: 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

    2_Chronicles 22: 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

    2_Chronicles 22: 4 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

    2_Chronicles 22: 5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead; and the Arameans wounded Joram.

    2_Chronicles 22: 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

    2_Chronicles 22: 7 Now the downfall of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cu

    The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Tanach:
    Psalms 90: 11 Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, and Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee?

    Psalms 90: 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.

    Psalms 90: 13 Return, O LORD; how long? And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.

    Psalms 90: 14 O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

    Psalms 90: 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

    Psalms 90: 16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, and Thy glory upon their children.

    Psalms 90: 17 And let the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.

    Psalms 91: 1 O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;

    Psalms 91: 2 I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust,

    Psalms 91: 3 That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

    Psalms 91: 4 He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.

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    The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach:
    Jeremiah 23: 38 But if ye say: ‘The burden of the LORD’; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: ‘The burden of the LORD’, and I have sent unto you, saying: ‘Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD’;

    Jeremiah 23: 39 therefore, behold, I will utterly tear you out, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from My presence;

    Jeremiah 23: 40 and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten

    Jeremiah 24: 1 The LORD showed me, and behold two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD; after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 24: 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

    Jeremiah 24: 3 Then said the LORD unto me: ‘What seest thou, Jeremiah?’ And I said: ‘Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.’

    Jeremiah 24: 4 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

    Jeremiah 24: 5 ‘Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

    Jeremiah 24: 6 And I will set Mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

    The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne:
    I saw their spiral-shaped and fluted shells, which Cuvier justly compares to an elegant skiff. A boat indeed! It bears the creature which secretes it without its adhering to it.

    For nearly an hour the Nautilus floated in the midst of this shoal of molluscs. Then I know not what sudden fright they took. But as if at a signal every sail was furled, the arms folded, the body drawn in, the shells turned over, changing their centre of gravity, and the whole fleet disappeared under the waves. Never did the ships of a squadron manoeuvre with more unity.

    At that moment night fell suddenly, and the reeds, scarcely raised by the breeze, lay peaceably under the sides of the Nautilus.

    The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac:
    another, and taken the conceit out of four Austrian generals; one of them, an old man who had white hair, had been roasted like a rat in the straw before Mantua. The kings were suing for mercy on their knees. Peace had been won. Could a mere mortal have done that? No. God helped him, that is certain. He distributed himself about like the five loaves in the Gospel, commanded on the battlefield all day, and drew up his plans at night. The sentries always saw him coming; he neither ate nor slept. Therefore, recognizing these prodigies, the soldier adopts him for his father. But, forward!

    “The other folk there in Paris, seeing all this, say among themselves:

    ” ‘Here is a pilgrim who appears to take his instructions from Heaven

  9. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    I must confess that I do not read any of the “stellar” presentations.

    But I have read Philemon, which is more than Donald Trump, the Chosen One has done.

  10. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    John who painted the picture either was taught that Jesus ethnicity was white
    Or had a deepseated belief to form such a conclusion set in the mind by images seen
    I know i have seen them as a child
    Those images were real to the mind in forming a cultural image of Jesus ethnicity

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    555dubstreet

    GP has proven extensively that the Bible is just a book of embellishments not written by God or Jesus but by the febrile imagination of misogynist man. Truth is God is in us and we in God, that is all we need to know.

  12. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ 555dubstreetDecember 30, 2020 7:19 PM
    “Truth is God is in us and we in God, that is all we need to know.”
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    And that is an ‘universal’ precept which can found in all religions and well summed up in the same Christian manual for spiritual living which states that “the kingdom of God is within you”.

    You will note that our Sun, the source of Light for the world, is the omnipresent icon of all religions, from East to West.

    “Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others”. ⁓Buddha

    “The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.” ⁓Buddha

  13. GP Avatar
    GP

    this is for you VINCENT

  14. GP Avatar
    GP

    IN Normandy, France, on the day of the D-Day invasion. what happened on that hallowed ground seventy-five years earlier changed the course of history and the lives of millions of people.
    One event from that time etched on many minds occurred on June 6, 1944, in a German prisoner of war camp, when one of the prisoners who was secretly listening to the BBC, heard of the allied invasion of Normandy.

    He could hardly contain himself. He began whispering three simple words to other prisoners, “They have come.” One prisoner was so overcome with joy that he threw reserve and restraint aside, ran into the barracks, and began shouting, “They have come. They have come.”

    Weak men jumped for joy. Strong men hugged each other and wept with excitement. Some stood on tables and shouted as others rolled on the floor in ecstasy. Their German captors, not knowing about D-Day, thought they had gone crazy. For the prisoners, nothing had changed outwardly, but inwardly everything had changed. Their rescue was certain. “They had come.”

    The same is true of Christmas. Bethlehem was God’s Normandy. Jesus came to defeat the enemy and set the prisoners free. Our rejoicing should be no less great. We must not keep the news to ourselves. Our situation may not change externally, but internally everything changes. Rescue is certain. This Christmas we should loudly, joyfully proclaim—“He has come! He has come!”

    AND EVEN BETTER NEWS THAN CHRISTMAS WHEN HE CAME AT HIS FIRST ADVENT IS THAT HE IS COMING AGAIN SOON!
    MARANATHA!

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