Well, hey, happy Friends Day. So glad you're here.
Are you glad you're here? All right, we'll tell someone
you're glad you're here. Come on.
It's a good day. You're in the right place today.
Hey, whether you are a first time guest, I want you to know
that you are welcome here and you are a friend.
Or whether you've been coming to church here for 60 years.
Thank you for coming to Friends Day.
You're still our friend. We love you.
It's a great opportunity to be together.
And I, I say this a lot, but I want to say it again, that that
this is one of the best places you could possibly be this
morning. Not because we're better than
all the other churches or anything, but because the God
that created everything is here and loves you and wants to draw
you to him today. And so praise Lord, we get to be
here. As I was thinking about Friends
Day, we're we're starting a new series in the Letter of
Philemon. It is a letter that is 1 chapter
long. It's 25 verses and we're going
to spend 4 weeks in those 25 verses.
The biggest challenge for me is not preaching the entire thing
every single week, but but it is worthy of being preached and,
and so today we're going to focus on a little part of it.
But as I was thinking about Friends Day and I was thinking
about this message, 2 characters came to my mind.
Two really good characters from a movie that came out a long
time ago, I think maybe 30 ish years ago.
And and that movie was The Lion King and the characters are
Timon and Pumbaa. How many, you know, Timon and
Pumbaa, that kind of some of the fun characters.
Now, I'm guessing most of us have have seen that movie.
And the reason they came to my mind is #1 it's Friends Day.
But, but we're talking about the body of Christ today.
And, and Timon and Pumbaa were kind of outsiders.
They, they found themselves outside of, you know, the main
society, the main group of animals and, and they stayed to
themselves and they felt like outcasts and they were
disconnected. And I want to say this on
friends Day, maybe some of you feel that like in your heart,
maybe you feel like that's you. Maybe you feel like you're not
connected. You don't have a family, you
don't have a place that you belong.
I got good news. You're in the right place today
and you belong here. You belong in God's family.
And so today we're going to be looking at Philemon.
I'm I'm going to do something crazy.
I'm just going to read the entire chapter every week of
this series. So get ready to stand for just a
few more, you know, minutes here staying with me, and we'll read
Philemon. So this is Paul's letter to
Philemon. And listen, if you're new here,
we stand just because we believe this is God's word.
It's written by a bunch of different people a long time
ago, but we believe that God inspired it and directed it.
And as much as God inspired and directed it, that God wants to
speak to us today through it. And so my prayer is that God
will speak to us. Here it is.
We're going to read the whole chapter on Philemon starting
here at first. One, Paul, a prisoner of Christ
Jesus, and Timothy, our brother. To Philemon, our dear friend and
fellow worker. Also to Afia, our sister and
Archipus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your
home. Grace and peace to you from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I always thank God when I as I remember you in my prayers
because I hear about your love for all His holy people and your
faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that your partnership
with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your
understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of
Christ. Your love has given me great joy
and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the
hearts of the Lord's people. Therefore, although in Christ I
could be bold and I could order you to do what you ought to do,
yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love.
It is as none other than Paul, an old man, and now as also a
prisoner in Christ Jesus, that I appeal to you for my son
Onissimus, who became my son while I was in chains.
Formerly he was, Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has
become useful both to you and to me.
I am sending him, who is my very heart back to you.
I would have liked to have to keep him with me so that he
could take your place in helping me while I'm in change for the
gospel. But I did not want to do
anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would
you do would not seem forced, but would be voluntary.
Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little
while was that he might, that you might have him back forever,
no longer as a slave, but better than as a slave, as a dear
brother. He is my he is very dear to me,
but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in
the Lord. So if you consider me a partner,
welcome him as you would welcome me.
If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, then charge
it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my
own hand. I will pay it back.
Not to mention that you owe me your very self.
That's a great line there. Not to mention you owe me.
I do wish brother, that I may have some benefit from you and
the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
Confident of your obedience, I write to you knowing that you
will do even more than I ask. And then one more thing, prepare
a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in
answer to your prayers. Epaphras, my feather, my fellow
prisoner in Christ Jesus sends you greetings, and so do Mark,
Aristarchus, Dimas, and Luke, my fellow workers, the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
You can have a seat. All right, I know that was long
and we're going to get through it over the next 4 weeks.
We're going to work through that whole thing.
I just felt like I'd rather not pick and choose little parts of
it. I want to read the whole thing
every week just so you get the full context.
But, but let me tell you what's happening here.
Paul is writing this to Philemon.
Philemon was a member of the church in Colossi and and
Philemon was probably a pretty wealthy man.
He was a member of the church and Paul's writing him back from
prison, and Paul has made a new friend.
Now that new friend is Onissimus, who used to be a
slave of Philemon. Now this is a interesting
situation because Onissimus, who was a slave of Philemon, did
something wrong. He in some way cheated or stole
from Philemon. Most people think he stole from
him, and then he ran away and escaped and went off other
places. But at some point Paul, Paul and
Onissimus ended up in prison together, and Onissimus had a
change of heart and became a follower of Christ.
And so now Paul is riding back to Philemon.
Now imagine this. We've got some pretty big hurt
here, pretty big stuff. Paul is writing back and trying
to bring reconciliation and trying to bring unity between
Philemon and Onissimus and all the people, the church.
That's the context for this letter.
It's pretty big stuff. Now listen, today we're not
going to get real deep into the reconciliation part.
Today. I want to focus on two things.
Number one, I want to focus on what we're invited into, what we
are called to, and #2 what that means for our relationships with
each other and how we view each other.
The first part I want to talk about is what we're called into.
In verse 6, Paul says, I pray that your partnership with us in
the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of
every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.
Your love has given me great joy and encouragement because you,
brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord's people.
Paul introduces here an important concept.
So, so at the outset, we understand this letter is a
difficult letter to write. He's asking something huge of
Philemon. He's asking reconciliation, but
he starts with this statement. I pray that our partnership, I
pray that our partnership, that your partnership with us in the
faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of
every good thing we share in Christ.
The word that he uses there is the word Koinonia.
And the word Koinonia it, it means it's more than just hey,
we attend the same church. It's more than just hey, we work
together. The word your partnership with
us implies this deep, deep bond. Koinonia means fellowship.
It means communion, It means unity.
It means participation together. It means sharing a common
purpose, a common goal. And so Paul is saying right here
at the beginning, he's writing this tough letter and he's
saying right at the beginning, hey, we are in a Koinonia
partnership, reminding him right up front.
Guys, listen, can I tell you today that maybe you came to
church and you don't know why you're here?
Maybe you came and you thought you came for one reason or
another. I want to tell you today that
God is inviting you into something so much better than
just attending a church. God is inviting you into
something so much better than just getting some new friends on
friends Day. God is inviting you to a deep
Koinonia fellowship, a unity, a communion with others.
That's what we're called to guys.
And see our, our culture is very individualistic.
Most of the commercials are about individualism and your
choice and, and most of us, even in our faith, have become kind
of individualistic in our faith. Well, I accept Christ as my
Savior and then I do my best to live in a relationship with him.
And, and so it becomes a very individualistic thing.
But, but I want you to understand Paul is saying, no,
no, no, no, no. When, when you accept Christ as
your savior, when you become a Christian, you're no longer on
your own. You're a part of something
bigger than yourself. You're a part of the body of
Christ. Yes, the decision to follow
Jesus is your decision. God is pursuing you.
His grace and His Spirit are working to draw you to Him.
But you personally have to make that decision.
But once you do, you enter into a family, the body of Christ.
You are no longer on your own, a lone wolf doing it on your own.
You are a part of the body of Christ.
Listen, you cannot be holy apart.
You cannot be righteous. You cannot be who God calls you
to be apart from the body of Christ.
Holiness requires love and unity with the body of Christ.
And so Paul, I mean, Paul is a genius in this letter.
This is a master class of, of, of reconciliation.
He's he starts off and just says, Hey, remember Philemon,
that you're a part of something bigger than yourself.
This is bigger than just you. You are a part of a partnership
In, in first Corinthians 12, Paul says, just as the body,
this is another way he talks about it.
And this is another long scripture.
Bear with me here. He says just as a body, though
one has many parts, but all its many parts form 1 body, so it is
with Christ. For we are all baptized into one
by one spirit as to form 1 body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slave
or free, as we are all given the one spirit to drink.
Even so the body is not made-up of one part but of many.
And, and then he goes on. He says if the foot should say,
well because I'm not a hand, I'm not a part of the body.
He says that's not true, we are all part of the body.
We need each other and, and, and going down further, he says in
verse 18, but in fact God has placed the parts of the body,
every one of them just as he wanted them to be.
If we were all one part, where would the body be?
But we are all parts as it is. There are many parts but one
body. Verse 21 he says, the eye can't
say to the hand, I don't need you.
The head cannot say to the feet, I don't need you.
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weak or
indispensable, we need each other.
And then at the bottom he says in 26, If one part suffers,
every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every
part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ
and each one of you is a part of it.
So I mean, I know I'm just hammering this in here.
You are invited into something huge today.
Not just to say I'm a Christian, not just to say, hey, I'm a part
of a church. I go to Westchester, I go to
wait, whatever. You are invited into the
fellowship, the body of Christ, a deep unity, a deep family.
He, he goes on. He says, I pray that that this
partnership, that this Koinonia partnership may be effective in
deepening your understanding of every good thing that we share
for the sake of Christ. I love this.
He says that, that as you are partnered with me, if you, as
you're in the Koinonia relationship, as we are unified
and working together, you should see the good more and more.
You should understand God's goodness more and more.
There was a study in the early 2000s and and that study says
that you form relationships quicker based on a mutual
dislike or hate for something else.
That's that's real, that people form quicker relationships,
quicker bonds based on common things that they disagree with
or hate or dislike, whether it's a person or a thing that that's
actual. I mean that like, you can go
look it up. It's from 2006.
And there were studies that show that we formed that quicker.
And what Paul is saying is that's not the way.
Sure, we may find people that we bond with over what we dislike
or who we dislike or what what we are against.
What Paul is saying is you are invited to the Koinonia
Fellowship, the body of Christ, and the deeper you get in with
the body of Christ, the more you're going to be unified, the
more you're going to see his goodness and His grace at work.
God is good, he says. I pray that this partnership may
be effective in deepening your understanding of every good
thing we share for the sake of Christ.
Listen, we may, it may be easier and, and listen, it is.
I see it in the church. Sometimes people that are
negative find people that are negative to buddy up with.
As a leader, I can tell you that it's I, I see it all the time.
People that don't like the leader tend to buddy up with
people that don't like the leader.
Can I tell you that's not the way?
Can I tell you we're invited to something better than that, that
we're invited to a unity and a love and a grace that's built on
God's goodness. And so before he gets into the
nitty gritty of this, and we're not going to get into the nitty
gritty too much today, we're we're going to this series, make
sure you come back. It's really important.
But before he gets into the nitty gritty, he says, I hope
that our partnership helps you see what's good and what's right
as as Christians, we are identified and defined by what
unites us, not by what separates us.
That's who we're called to be people of love and grace and a
people who come together on a Sunday morning and don't say,
man, we don't like this about our world.
We don't like that a people who come together and say God is
good and we are blessed to be here.
Guys, you are invited into that. So, so that's the first thing.
That's what you're invited into. That's the first thing, that the
second thing is how it changes our relationships.
Now, there's a problem there, right?
Because Paul is writing to Philemon.
Philemon had a slave named Onissimus.
And just let me get off on a little bit of a tangent here.
I know that it's a little bit tricky because obviously we know
that slavery is wrong. And I haven't studied the
insurance and outs of that day and what slavery meant.
Maybe I should have. But.
But I want you to know that that what sometimes we look at
Scripture and we say, well, there's slavery in the Bible.
What? Yeah, but I want you to know
that God is not for it and that God always calls us to a holy
and righteous love for each other.
And you're going to see that in this text that that God is not
saying, hey, it's OK to to make him your slave.
But God is calling us to something so much more.
And so the first part is what we're called into what what we
are invited into. You are invited into the
Koinonia fellowship with Jesus Christ and with His body.
The second is what that means for our relationships with
others. I was singing that Timon and
Pumbaa. They were outcast, right?
They sang fun songs. You like their songs, right?
Those are some of the highlights of The Lion King.
But they were smelly. They were not accepted.
They couldn't go into the mainland because they knew that
they wouldn't be accepted there. They were on the outskirts.
And then something changed. They met Simba and all of a
sudden they were friends with the soon to be king and
everything changed. That's the story of Onissimus.
Let me let me pick it up in verse 9.
I said it. It is as none other than Paul,
an old man and also a prisoner in Christ Jesus, that I appeal
to you for my son Onissimus. Listen to how he talks about
him. Just just catch how he talks
about him. That I appeal to you for my son
Onissimus, who became my son while I was in chains formerly.
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful
both to you and to me. I am sending him who is my very
heart back to you. I would have liked to have keep
him, to keep him with me so that he could take your place in
helping me while I'm in chains for the gospel.
But I did not want to do anything without your consent so
that any favor you do would not seem forced, but would be
voluntary. And, and this is audacious right
here. He says perhaps the reason he
was separated from you for a little while was so that you
might have him back forever, no longer as a slave, but better
than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me, but even
dearer to you both as a fellow man, as a brother in the Lord.
All right, so 4 things I want to see.
I'll work through them pretty quick.
Four things I want us to see about the way that Paul, the way
that the Koinonia Fellowship changes the way we see others.
So I told you Onissimus was a slave of Philemon and he did
something wrong. He stole from him.
He cheated him in some way, and then he ran away.
Paul writes back. And he says, I'm writing on
behalf of Onissimus, who is my son.
The truth of the matter is Onissimus was kind of like the
outcast. He was a person that was a
criminal. And in fact, let me just share
this the the penalty for a slave in that day running away, the
penalty could be as harsh as crucifixion on a cross, one of
the worst penalties. That's how serious his crime
was. And Paul writes back to Philemon
and he says, I'm writing you on behalf of Onissimus, who is now
my son. Now he's not saying like he's my
biological son. What he's saying is Onysmus
through, through the grace of God, Onysmus ended up probably
in prison with Paul. That's more than likely what
happened. And then through the ministry of
Paul, Onysmus came to accept Christ and his heart and his
life were changed. And in that moment, he became
family with Paul. Oh guys, this is so good.
First off, I got to give you the good news of the gospel.
Sorry I cry if you're new. I cry sometimes because this is
just too good. The good news today is this,
that it doesn't matter where you've been and what you've
done. Remember a second ago I told you
that his penalty could be as harsh as death on a cross?
Can I tell you the great news of the gospel?
That Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to earth as a man
walked this earth. There's proof he walked this
earth. And guess what he did?
He died on a cross, not because he deserved it, but because
Onissimus deserved it. Because you deserve it.
Because I deserve it. Maybe you don't feel like you
deserve it, but the truth is we've all done things we're
ashamed of. We've all hurt people.
Let's be honest, we've all done some pretty bad things and
thought some pretty bad things and maybe said some pretty bad
things because of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross today
you were invited to salvation, into life, and you no longer
have to be a criminal. You no longer have to be an
outcast. Jesus invites you into his
family. John 316 You probably heard it
before, for God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have
everlasting life, John chapter one verse 12 says.
Yet to all who did receive him, that's Jesus.
To those who believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God, children born not of natural descent, nor
of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
The good news today is this, no matter where you've been, no
matter what you've done, today you are invited.
And through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, he paid for
any and all sins that you've committed.
And today you, you can be a part of the family, You can have
life. Another really cool thing about
this text, the name Onissimus, you know what it means.
It means useful. And Paul uses this little word
play. He says he used to be useless,
now he's useful. The idea here is that when God
saves us and redeems us, we become who we were created to be
in the 1st place. People that actually live.
Cheating, stealing, running, that's not life.
Onissimus was created to be a child of God.
You were that. Now you're this.
Listen, if you're here today and, and you've never heard the
good news of the gospel, I got good news.
Yes, you've messed up. Yes, you've blown it.
You know it better than I do. You know your deepest, darkest
secrets. The good news is that Jesus paid
for every single one of your flaws, every single one of your
sins on the cross. And he invites you today to be a
part of the family to coin an EA fellowship.
The second statement he makes in verse 12, he says, I'm sending
him who is my very heart back to you.
This is important. So not only is Onis miss his
son, I mean, now he's saying I'm sending him.
And not only is he my son, but he is my very heart.
He goes on. He says, I wish I didn't have to
send them back to you, but I have to because things have to
be made right. And so Paul says, I'm sending my
very heart back to you. What does this mean for our
relationships with each other #1 it means that that anybody who
accepts Jesus as their Savior becomes a brother or sister in
Christ to you and I. But it's so much better than
that. Guys.
God invites us into Koinonia Fellowship that we would not
just know each other, that we would not just attend the same
church, but that we would be drawn together in a deep, deep
love for each other. Paul says I'm sending my heart
back to you. Onissimus is not just saved.
He's not just a Christian now, he is a brother.
He is a son to Paul and he says he is my heart.
I love that guy. Guys, we don't always get it
right in the church, do we? And the truth is when we're not
living obedient and faithful to and, and if you're new here
today, let me just acknowledge something to you.
You know this, but I'll acknowledge it.
The church is not perfect and none of us in here are perfect.
And sometimes we don't do it right.
Sometimes we don't live the right way.
Sometimes we don't treat each other right.
And when that happens, things can get pretty messy.
But God calls us to a deeper bond, to a deep love and unity.
And here's the beauty of the church.
We're not perfect, but we're all drawn together by a God who is,
and he calls us to love. And this week, I spent hours in
hospital rooms with wonderful, wonderful people of God,
brothers and sisters in Christ. I spent time in my car.
I spent time at a dinner table. I spent time all over the place
with the body of Christ. And I got to tell you, it's such
a great blessing. You guys are a great blessing.
Now, some of you may be sitting there and thinking, no, people
are annoying. Are you thinking that it's OK,
You can don't nod your head, you know, don't tell on yourself.
Yeah, people when they're selfish people when they're
living for their their own desires and interest, it can be
pretty tough. But when we walk in true
fellowship with each other and coin any a fellowship, guys, we
have a blessing unlike any other that we can walk together with
people that maybe we don't have a lot in common with, maybe we
haven't shared a lot of life with, but we can have a
fellowship that blesses us just through and through.
Paul says. I'm sending you my very heart.
Listen, there's plenty that can divide us, but through God,
we're drawn together. Look around you.
Go ahead, look around. Let's get some participation.
Make sure you're with me here. Look around.
Look at the people around you. I got good news.
You get to be in fellowship with these wonderful people, and
they're wonderful. It could be difficult sometimes,
but because of the grace of God, these are wonderful people and
it's such a blessing to get to worship with here you here
today. All right, let's let's move on.
The the third part is in verse 15.
And this is where it gets really crazy.
Paul. I mean, this is audacious.
He says perhaps the reason that Onissimus was separated for you
from a little while was that you might have him back forever, no
longer as a slave, but better than a slave as a dear brother.
Now, I'm just going to put myself in Philemon shoes here.
Perhaps the reason that this happened, and Philemon's
probably thinking, no, the reason this happened is because
he's a jerk. He stole from me.
He ran away. That's why this happened.
Paul says, no, no, no, no. I want you to see the bigger
thing that's happening here, that God's doing something.
He says perhaps the reason that he was separated from you.
Perhaps the reason that all this happened was that you might have
him back forever as he, you know, the slave relationship.
And once again, this is not in any way condoning, but that's a
temporary thing. And, and Paul says, maybe God's
bringing you something better, something that's eternal.
And then he goes on and he says no longer as a slave, but better
than a slave, as a dear brother. See, Philemon probably thought
long and hard and he probably had spent many hours and maybe
nights thinking about what he lost when he lost his slave.
And what Paul's saying is you don't understand God's doing
something better. And and you shouldn't be worried
about getting a slave back. You should be thrilled that you
get the opportunity to get a dear brother, a brother.
I was thinking about the, the the imagery of the body and how
the body all works together when your legs hurting.
If, if something's wrong, if if your legs broken or something's
hurting, maybe you use one of those things that you put under
your arm. What is it?
Yeah, I know. I'm just trying to get you
involved. A crutch.
Yes, crutches. I really do.
I promise. Got a few in my house.
And I was thinking about that. You know, that's really helpful.
When your legs hurt and you can make a crutch do what you wanted
to do. For the most part, you can use
it. It becomes like a substitute for
your leg when your leg isn't isn't healthy or working well.
But but the truth of the matter is, it's better if everything's
working right. And in that, you know, you could
wish back for that crutch, but why would you wish for that back
when God wants to give you something so much more?
He says I got something better for you.
I've got a dear brother in Christ, guys.
Sometimes we see each other as maybe tools or, you know, things
that we use or just relationships that can be useful
to us. I think God has something so
much better for us. God wants to give us dear
brothers and sisters in Christ that we share life with.
He goes on and he says he is very dear to me, but he's even
more dear to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother and
the Lord. This is an important point here.
Paul is saying, I love Onis, miss.
He's already said he's like my son.
He said he's my very heart. I'm sending him to you.
And then he says, I think God's doing something here.
And then he says, you know he's very dear to me, but I believe
he's even more dear to you. Let's talk about that.
When there's difficulty, when we go through something and we come
out on the other side of it, we're better, right?
As a married man, my wife and I have been through many things
together, and our love is deeper today because of the things
we've gone through together. The fights, the disagreements,
the difficult times, we've grown in them.
And that's true not just for husbands and wives.
That's true for for good friends, that's true for family,
that's true for Co workers. When we go through difficulty,
even when it's difficulty with each other, God can do something
incredible and we can come out the other side healthier and
deeper than we were going in. And so Paul says, I think God's
up to something here. I think he's giving you a dear
brother. And I think if you will follow
through on forgiveness and reconciliation, you will view
him as dearer than I ever could. Guys, you're invited into
something today. So here's the deal.
Worship team, come on up. We're going to get into the
reconciliation part. Please please please please
please don't miss the rest of the series.
I haven't gotten real deep into it today, but we need it.
We all do. Every single one of us needs it.
But today I just wanted to talk about the fellowship staying
with me. I think there may be three types
of people in this room. 1 would be the person that maybe is
hearing the invitation into the family of God for the first
time, maybe the invitation for salvation for the first time, or
maybe somebody who's never accepted that invitation.
And maybe you're here and you feel like Timon and Pumbaa that
hey, you know, you're just kind of on the outside and you don't
have a place or a family. And I just want to tell you once
again that there is a God that loves you so much that he sent
his one and only son to die on a cross to pay for your sins.
The worst things you've ever done that the price is paid for.
And today, if you've never accepted the gift of grace, you
can do it. And all it takes is a surrender
to say, God, I believe in you. I thank you for your salvation
and I receive it. Forgive me of my sins.
I want to walk with you today if that's you may be the response.
And then there are altars up here and they're covered in
confetti and that's OK. These aren't a place of shame.
These are a place of victory and grace.
And I want you to know that God is here today.
If God is speaking to you and if you've heard that message and
you want to receive salvation today, you can have it just by
saying, Lord, I surrender, forgive me.
The price is already paid. Maybe there's some people in
here that you're being called to a deeper Koinonia fellowship.
Maybe you're, you're already a believer, but you just feel like
you're disconnected. You feel like you've been
guarded. You feel like you've been closed
off. And maybe today you just need to
open your heart and say, God, I'm here for all of it.
I want to be a part of your body.
I want you to transform me. Maybe there's somebody here
today that have a real issue with someone.
Maybe there are some Philemon's in here that have been wronged
in a major way and today you need reconciliation.
Today we respond to God's word. And the beautiful thing is the
God that created the entire universe, the God that sent his
one and only Son Jesus to the cross to die and pay for our
sins. He's here and His Spirit is
moving and whatever it is he's speaking to you about, he wants
to bring life and healing and transformation.
So we're going to sing 2 songs. As we sing those, you're welcome
to come to an altar. Once again, there's no shame in
it. It's a, it's a victory thing.
You're welcome to pray where you are.
You're welcome to go find someone, pray with them, talk to
them. But today we are invited, every
single one of us, and to coin any of fellowship and to
salvation and the family of Godfather speak to us and help
us to respond to you now in Jesus name, Amen.