Lessons

Leland Maples runs the LOOP’s Ministries (Loved Ones Of Prisoners) and leads a Thursday night bible study held in the Rec Room at Life Change Baptist Church in Odessa, Texas. The Rec Room message on Thursday, February 16, 2017 was a special message by Leland Maples entitled “Perhaps”. Special music was by Life Change Baptist Church Band.

In Philemon the Apostle Paul was writing from prison to a rich friend named Philemon about his servant Onesimus and Paul gives the reason why he should forgive his servant because he was saved during his absence.  We don’t know whey Onesimus fled, but Paul was asking and said “Perhaps this happened…” .  Good things can happen from bad things, as in the case with the witness of Onesimus.

1.  Perhaps this occurred because…
2.  He departed for a little while… for his good.

Philemon 1:15 KJV
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;