Philemon--The Bonds of Christ

Philemon--The Bonds of Christ This beautiful personal letter from God’s aged servant, in bonds for the Gospel, foreshadows the time when the bonds of Christ’s love should break the bonds of slavery. The story it contains “is an exquisite, picture of what the Lord Jesus Christ does. He not only intercedes for us with Him from whom we have departed, and against whom we have sinned; but, knowing to the full how much we have wronged God, and how much we owe Him, He says, ‘Put that on Mine account’” (F.R. Havergal, Morning Bells).