Message Notes

Motivated by Grace

Five People You Meet in Your Christian Life

December 12, 2004

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.   
Philemon 1:23-25

Paul's First and Second Imprisonment -- Acts 28:30; 2 Timothy 1:16-17, 4:6-8

Companions on the Journey

  1. Epaphras

    • Those who                 you to Christ - Colossians 1:7

    • Those who                                     for you in prayer - 4:12

  2. Mark -- 1 Peter 5:13

    •                                          and                                          - Acts 12:12; 15:37-41

    •                                          - 2 Timothy 4:11

  3. Aristarchus

    • A                                -- always there -- Acts 19:29; 27:2

    • A fellow                                          - Colossians 4:10

  4. Demas -- Colossians 4:14

    • There are those who                           our                                - 2 Timothy 4:10

    • When things got tough . . . Demas left

  5. Luke

    •      Companion, doctor and writer - Colossians 4:14

    •                                              ,                                -- 2 Timothy 4:11

God Gives Us and Uses Us as . . .

  1.                                                                                  

  2. Friends you can always                                     

  3. Those who are a                                         

  4. Those who                                                   

  5. Agents of the                           of Christ for every situation -- Philemon 25