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Philemon 1: 18 But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account. What comes to my mind when reading this is Jesus parable of the good samaratian. Paul was willing to pay for whatever Onesmius owed. Paul was interceeding for Onesmius the way Jesus does for us Job 16 and Revelation 12 tell us that Satan is our accuser and Romans 8, Hebrews 7, 1 Timothy 2 and Revelation 12 all tell us that Jesus is our mediator and makes intercession for us. Jesus lived the perfect life that we could never live and paid the price we could never pay for our sins. If we transfer our trust from what we've done, to what Jesus did for us, we not only get to spend forever with Him in Heaven, we have Him as our attorney that interceeds on our behalf when Satan makes those accusations. Proverbs 26:2 says as a bird flies over, a curse can't come without a cause. Deuteronomy 28 tells us if we obey God's commands, blessings with chase us down and overcome us, but if we don't obey God, curses will do the same. Jesus said, if you love Me, keep My commandments. He told us to love God with all our heart, soul mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourself. If we participate with the enemy with the little "acceptable" sins, like unforgiveness, gossip, envy, jealousy and not giving, we've opened the door to give the enemy a right to come in and bring curses. Deuteronomy11 and 30 tell us that the choice is ours to choose blessings or curses. Joshua 1 tells us to chose this day whom you'll serve, but for me and my house we chose to serve the Lord. God didn't create robots, He created us with a free will and we can chose to let those yucky pucky's in and leave the door open for curses or recognize, take responsibility and repent for our participation with the enemy, renounce him, then rejoice, thank God for setting us free then resist that bad boy when, not if he tries to come back the go restore someone else. Papa God, thank You that You didn't just drop us off here and tell us to make the most of it. You left us with Your Word that gives us Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Give me grace to always allow You to search me and see if there's any wicked way in me and lead me in Your way everlasting, in Jesus name, Amen.

Philemon 1: 18 But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account. What comes to my mind when reading this is Jesus parable of the good samaratian. Paul was willing to pay for whatever Onesmius owed. Paul was interceeding for Onesmius the way Jesus does for us Job 16 and Revelation 12 tell us that Satan is our accuser and Romans 8, Hebrews 7, 1 Timothy 2 and Revelation 12 all tell us that Jesus is our mediator and makes intercession for us. Jesus lived the perfect life that we could never live and paid the price we could never pay for our sins. If we transfer our trust from what we've done, to what Jesus did for us, we not only get to spend forever with Him in Heaven, we have Him as our attorney that interceeds on our behalf when Satan makes those accusations. Proverbs 26:2 says as a bird flies over, a curse can't come without a cause. Deuteronomy 28 tells us if we obey God's commands, blessings with chase us down and overcome us, but if we don't obey God, curses will do the same. Jesus said, if you love Me, keep My commandments. He told us to love God with all our heart, soul mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourself. If we participate with the enemy with the little "acceptable" sins, like unforgiveness, gossip, envy, jealousy and not giving, we've opened the door to give the enemy a right to come in and bring curses. Deuteronomy11 and 30 tell us that the choice is ours to choose blessings or curses. Joshua 1 tells us to chose this day whom you'll serve, but for me and my house we chose to serve the Lord. God didn't create robots, He created us with a free will and we can chose to let those yucky pucky's in and leave the door open for curses or recognize, take responsibility and repent for our participation with the enemy, renounce him, then rejoice, thank God for setting us free then resist that bad boy when, not if he tries to come back the go restore someone else. Papa God, thank You that You didn't just drop us off here and tell us to make the most of it. You left us with Your Word that gives us Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Give me grace to always allow You to search me and see if there's any wicked way in me and lead me in Your way everlasting, in Jesus name, Amen.

There, in the space of 15 words, is the entire foundation of Christianity. Christ died on the cross for our sins, or, as Paul put it, Christ asked God to put all our sins onto Christ's account, and he paid them off in full on our behalf.