Receive Him as a Brother · Sermon 1
You Call Him Brother
Philemon 1–3
Edward Rangel · October 4, 2026 · AM
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God’s grace and peace must govern how we receive one another.
Philemon 1–3
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Will you receive him when it costs you?
The word brother commits us to a real welcome.
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The relationships come before the request.
Philemon 1–3 prepares us for the appeal.
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
Philemon 1:1 · NASB
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and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Philemon 1:2 · NASB
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon 1:3 · NASB
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Christ governs our life and service.
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker,
Philemon 1:1 · NASB
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A limitation does not cancel our responsibility to Christ.
Consider the service still within your reach.
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Timothy stands beside Paul as a brother.
Service to Christ joins us to other workers.
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Philemon is loved and recognized as a fellow worker.
Paul acknowledges his faithfulness before asking something costly.
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A fellow worker shares the work.
Can your brethren count on you?
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Brotherhood brings real responsibilities.
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and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
Philemon 1:2 · NASB
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Paul names a sister and a fellow soldier.
Their family relationships are not stated.
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Archippus shares the struggle of gospel service.
A fellow soldier labors and endures with others.
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Say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
Colossians 4:17 · NASB
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The work received from the Lord must be fulfilled.
A good beginning does not complete a responsibility.
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Philemon has opened his home to the church.
Will he receive this particular brother?
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Loving the church commits us to the people in it.
Love may ask for something you had not planned to give.
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God’s grace and peace must govern our treatment of one another.
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon 1:3 · NASB
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Peace requires more than silence between two people.
Resentment can remain after the argument stops.
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So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
Ephesians 2:19 · NASB
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We call God our Father.
We cannot honor Him while despising His children.
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no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
Philemon 1:16 · NASB
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If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.
Philemon 1:17 · NASB
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Reconciliation does not require pretending no wrong exists.
Paul addresses possible harm or debt in verses 18–19.
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Examine how you name your brother and how you receive him.
Grace and peace must reach our conversations and decisions.
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This greeting commits us before the request arrives.
Will your welcome agree with your fellowship?
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"He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Mark 16:16 · NASB
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Respond to Christ with obedient faith.
Believe, repent, confess Christ, be baptized, and live faithfully.
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Christian, repent of contempt toward your brother.
Seek forgiveness and correct your treatment of him.
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Do not let brother be a word your conduct denies.
Philemon 1–3
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