1. July 30, 2017 Speaker: Joanna Wu
Partners in the Gospel
July 30, 2017
Speaker: Joanna Wu

2. Philemon

3. Partners in the Gospel
We value:
Our identity in Christ

4. Our Identity in Christ

5. Partners in the Gospel We value: Our identity in Christ
Our unity in Christ

6. Our Unity in Christ
1–2: Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker— 2 also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home

7. Our Unity in Christ
6: 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.

8. Partners in the Gospel We value: Our identity in Christ
Our unity in Christ
Living under Christ

9. Living Under Christ

10. Partners in the Gospel We value: Our identity in Christ
Our unity in Christ
Living under Christ
The gift of reconciliation

11. The Gift of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:17–21: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

12. The Peacemaker, by Ken Sande
“And he has given us the freedom and power to turn from sin (and conflict), to be conformed to the likeness of Christ, and to be his ambassadors of reconciliation. It is the realization of who we are in Christ that inspires us to do the unnatural work of dying to self, confessing sin, addressing others’ wrongs graciously, laying down rights, and forgiving deep hurts — even with people who persist in opposing or mistreating us” (p. 248).

13. Pray for Our Partners in the Gospel
Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people. – Philemon 7