From Runaway to Redeemed

Onesimus was a runaway servant trying to escape a debt he could never pay. He wasn't looking for God; he was just trying not to get caught. But somewhere along the way, he wandered right into the preaching of the apostle Paul.

Key Verse: "If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;" - Philemon 1:18 (KJV)

On the closing night of Camp Meeting, Evangelist Heath Williams preaches from the little book of Philemon. He shows how God's providence led a lawbreaker to the gospel, how Onesimus gave himself to serving the Lord out of love rather than for what he could get, and how Paul stood in the gap for him with a letter that said, "Put that on mine account." The runaway went home not as a servant but as a brother, and his story points us to Jesus, who paid our debt at Calvary and still represents us before the Father.

Whatever you owe, Christ has already covered it. Serve Him for the right reasons, and trust Him with the rest.