Finding Right When Everything Around You Is Wrong

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Finding Right When Everything Around You Is Wrong 

Philemon is the personal letter that Apostle Paul wrote while in prison to Philemon a wealthy slave holding convert on behalf of Onesimus, an escaped enslaved convert who was about to be sent back to Philemon. 

What does one do, when everything around you is wrong? That’s the question early Christians in the Roman Empire faced then. It’s the question every person of good will faces now. 

The letter contains no words of condemnation for Onesimus. If a person finds themselves in an abusive or exploitative situation, they should try to escape it, whatever it is. 

Unfortunately the fact that Onesimus met Paul in prison meant that he was there with him. He was about to be sent back to a situation that was likely to be far worse than it was before. 

Paul was already in prison for disturbing the social order. He had neither the power nor the authority to command a different outcome. However, Paul had invested  a great deal of time and care into Philemon. So he had the personal relationship the moral authority to speak to Philemon.

Philemon, was on his own journey. He was a relatively new convert to the way of Jesus. He had become a major financial sponsor of the movement- a movement that could in no way benefit him financially, politically, or socially. 

He was a good man who benefited greatly from an unjust system. He started writing checks- he was already giving serious money. 

But what now? The challenge he faced was figuring out how to take the next right step when everything around him was wrong. 

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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