So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would me. 

And if he has wronged you in any way, 

or owes you anything, charge that to my account.  

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it...

Philemon 1:17-19 CSB

Paul gives us a blueprint here on what to do when there is a victim. 

Onesimus was enslaved. 

And Paul is fighting for him with everything that he has. 

For Paul any loss of reputation, any loss of income from Philemon is so minor in comparison to Onesimus being set free that he doesn't even mention it. 

What would we hear today from the person with the power, the social standing, the wealth, from or about Philomen?

Oh poor Philemon, this is going to affect his life and business...but Paul has none of that.

Paul is all in, with everything he has, for the person who's life has been owned by another, for the person who is powerless, who needs rescue. 

Just like Jesus. 

We were powerless, needed rescue, and Jesus went all in for us.

And he calls us to follow him.

To go all in for the powerless, the hurt, the poor, the enslaved.

Because that's what becoming more like Jesus looks like. 

That is our worship.

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