Book Report on Philemon

The Book of Philemon is more than just a letter to the man who owned a slave named Onesimus.  Because it is in the canon of Scripture, it is a letter to us about what can be expected from a believer.  One character needed to give forgiveness; the other needed to ask for forgiveness.  Just as Paul was the mediator who brokered that situation by reminding Philemon of a debt he owed him, Christ is our Mediator who can remind a holy God that our debt is paid in full by His work on Calvary.