Gracious in Grace

It is important that Paul went to Jerusalem, however, the topic that I feel impressed to write about after our last discussion is the grace of God. I really enjoyed reading about the letter of Philemon written by Paul while he is in prison. Paul confronts the topic of slaves, in this his shortest letter. Paul has received a slave who has run away from his owner, Paul’s friend. Paul attempts in this letter to convince his friend to accept his slave back. Paul baptized the master and most likely has now baptized the slave also. Paul redefines the master-slave relationship. As we discussed this letter we said that its main importance was simply the fact that it was written by Paul and that the content wasn’t that important. However, I really loved the message that it brought to me. Because God is gracious in grace, we need to be gracious in grace. If Jesus Christ was willing to save us we need to be willing to save others. All of this is part of his commandment to ‘love one another.’ I know that Jesus Christ died for mankind, and that we can never do what he did for us. However, he has asked us to come to him, and to become like him. To become like him we must be gracious in grace.