Jeffrey he's paying for the trip I tried I went after gentle and furry as a kid I said thank you for hiring us mr. Jeffrey thank you for the payment we will receive when we set you ashore with your load of fish thank you I said and what did he say he grunted so I flounced off so I left him to his rod in real as long as he pays us you won't let a grunt stand between him and you huh sailor Jeffrey came to me hide the boat for a fishing trip for him and a friend but the friend never showed up that cuts our profits and have so he will buy only one pair of pants let me finish huh so he hires our boat if he wants to sit there and fishing loans from Splendor not talk to anyone grunt that is right that's he's got a strike listen to that line sing hey Jeffrey you got a big one a beauty look at that sport go now let him run a little more now now real in real in what's the matter kid don't freeze up now I said real in I lost him get a picture fish and you lost him Jeffrey hey Jeffrey what's the matter with you what line snap slate what's with this Jeffrey in amateur how does he let a beauty like that get away from it I'll tell you how sailor he died dead that's how say something Rico pensive in thoughts I am thinking about stop here for a minute of course of course as you wish it Amy that diamonds winking at me the blue one about three carats I'll want that one we go in my wedding ring from you to me because I love you and you can afford it you could buy me a sack full out of the small change you care Amy mm-hmm Amy you are sure about your Jeffrey I mean the senior from Iowa it is no longer between you and senior Jeffrey what it used to be that's what's bothering you huh see Rico listen to me Matt Jeffrey showed up in Havana a couple of days ago oh I'll admit it there was a flutter when he called I met him this morning for breakfast and to go fishing when I saw him I laughed at myself because I was happy happy because I knew he didn't mean anything to me just you Rico that's why I left Matt Jeffrey before we went in the restaurant and that's why I came running to you without even changing buying your wedding ring we can congratulate me Senor Shannon Senorita Duval you did something with sound a beautiful thing a clever thing I have apprehended the murderers of Matt Jeffrey he was murdered the man died quietly on our boat there was no one around only you ain't Senor Shannon and inside the dead man enough poison to have killed him three times over Matt Jeffrey was murdered if you say so and you've got his murderers I'm glad for you and for Jeffrey who are they you and you please sign your professions we will shake hands and we will still be friends here sign all written out for us on the cell read me the small print where it says why we killed him I left his faces blank for you to fill in because I also could not puzzle why you want dead a man who is so poor he must live in Havana in a mousehole like the last floor is hotel a man who digs into his savings to hire your boat for fish a man who how much dough you got on your celler three bucks and a dime why let's see I've got yeah that's forty two dollars that makes forty five and a dime per candy bar enough for bail the cell for forty five pesos you expect that I am here's another buck I was holding it out for kept there come on sale let's go fill in the blank spaces and why we kill the man here's 20 centavos back senior take a streetcar a streetcar named we desire you to come back to the pocket come back or we bring you back on a Tommy Gunn rickshaw why don't you pay attention to us it is so seldom say no that a man brings his blushing bride to this hotel for honeymoon that I have beside myself with friends and delight and now I can do for you what didn't you have a guest here and I'm Matt Jeffrey this desk bell we're just about fit in the middle of that you know all right you asked for the bell down slate Chico Chico look at me you know something Chico you're the cutest little old Chico I've seen all that observe senior either when I go on gold teeth flash 23 gold teeth in my mouth I have a friend who has 25 gold teeth they are expensive how much 10 pesos current fee for the bicuspid of gold you'll get it what about Matt Jeffrey this morning he walked out into the Havana daylight before he left for the daylight he made two calls to the telephone in his room to the switchboard at my left out into the world of hustle and bustle 10 pesos senior for the numbers he called them so that I may eat with gold yeah here and here's who you I give you said here's two nickels they'll use that payphone on the wall call these numbers right Norton's our job Norton speaking who Norton rain Norton oh sorry I got the wrong number first one was Norton's our job slave by the other one okay hello this is Mary the sunshine girl your phone number has been selected to receive a spiffy prize of one year's free service may I have your name and address please a web one two one two per se a royale free service for what Adam Slate let's go this is salad about and she's a man named Matt Jeffrey on a fishing trip this morning he died it's poison come in this is a cozy look what are those coffee tables set you back honey don't I know you maybe I don't remember what do you two characters want Matt Jeffrey called you a couple of hours before he died if it twists you inside you can call me to what about Matt Jeffrey was a nice fellow had shoulders went good with tall corn you got shoulders too why don't you get rid of the drab girl plate see I'm fighting my lip I'm being very nice I'm behaved now the police are in on this Amy maybe we can save you some grief I'll go along with that and that was a boy from Iowa I was engaged to once we rub cheeks at college dancing he showed up in Havana called me a couple of nights ago I saw him this morning he called it this morning to make final arrangements for the day breakfast and a fishing trip though huh did you have breakfast with him mm-hmm we were crossing an alley a cat ran by and rubbed itself against his trousers Matt kicked the cat in the face you think I'd want to spend a day with it Amy I oh I did not know you have people I don't have them they're leaving who are you permit my introduction I am Rico Sebastian we love it by her and so engaged you're a lucky man you are lovely this evening Amy I did two weeks you will be to me no more flying airplane trip so I away to see your mother no more meeting of color youth like Matt Jeffrey darling you're embarrassing the sunshine girl goodbye you to get out wouldn't have it any other way come on sailor what now brain now let's try another wrong number let's try Norton's art shop and you've come all the way down to this nook of olivana just because a man named Matt Jeffrey called me this morning mm-hmm yet another reason to if he died on our boat this morning of murder so you see Mr. Norton why we go around to Vanna looking at nooks and crannies you never know what you'll come up with and you came up with me one of the artist folks I want to tell you about me I found my soul in a Vanna why you'd be surprised the people that bring their photographs to me to paint a lifelike portrait from what would Jeffrey wanted the picture painted from a snapshot oh not of him of his pussy cat that man's crazy about cats he brought me a photograph of cabbie I had a copy made the paint from mailed him back his original crazy about cats on we heard different slight we heard he was a cat kicker we must have heard wrong sailor Mr. Norton here says Jeffrey was mad for cats Mr. Norton wouldn't lie would Mr. Norton indeed I wouldn't I'll just prove it to you I'll go in the back room and bring out the portrait I did of tabby Mr. Jeffrey's cat you just wait here hurry back Mr. Norton I just can't wait to hear more about your soul and the pussy cat goody only be a minute what happened may be we can get help for you maybe for me not for Norton he can't wait that long he's just been shot to death our stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren McCall and the second act of our story when a fishing trip a man did go cast his bait and what do you know when a fish nibbled and yanked online man took a deep breath for very last time this seems to be the custom of the day and I will explain exactly what I say another fellow who was clever with paint met a pistol bullet and now he ain't and I'm just living for the second that Lissalle finds out we were the last ones to have talked to him unless I will find out miss C. Laws you want like to hear you I heard him tell us I won't play with us this time this time we're in it good if I can understand one thing I wouldn't feel so bad in your channel hello there you go glad you're here sit down on matters of urgency I do not sit my fiancé the seniorita any web isn't difficult your name comes first to the lips of those in Havana who wish to skirt the police those who have difficulty and cannot discuss it to authorities come to say your channel these I have heard and I am willing to pay for the privilege now let's skip the pay recall well now when Amy came back from a vacation to visit her mother in the estados or need us in your estado of Iowa she commenced to be blackmailed now that would fit I don't know how exactly but it would fit and so the phone call to her pay me $20,000 for some information the man said about one hour ago says to meet him with money at the Arriba Dero Docs near the Port Agent Shaq 11 listen to me Rico tell her to do it I'll be there I'll be in the doorway of that port agent Shaq telling me to walk past me keep walking back and forth past me if anyone approaches her I'll know it yes yes and tell her not to talk to me above all she's not to talk to me no one must know I'm there got that see senior I have it exactly see me all my beloved Mia come in go for more we go the gentle tap the polite request we're going to be married remember I've been to Shannon has agreed to help you to give you protection for money what does it matter what matters is that you will hold you from harm so I'm to go ahead and rub noses with the blackmailer in the dark home you are not to speak to him you are to make no outcry you are only to walk so Shannon will know you are there he'll know later on there that's all you didn't buy me anything a little present little happy happy I did not think Amy I only have really I am sweet you gave me Shannon what more could I want later there aren't you keep walking fool don't talk to me I'm frightened 100% frightened slave see you're talking to me he'll kill he's already killed twice he's got the habit walk away I'm pregnant no hysterics kid it's not the time be today me walk okay here goes a pretty girl you're the guy I want to talk to buster I'm coming after your buster slave it's lady all right yeah yeah I'm all right surprised I guess oh there's blood in the cheek and my bullets do that to my cheek Amy when they graze it why did you cry out I told you not to I'm a girl situations like this upset me yeah he got away your blackmailer's a buddy of mine Amy he's got teeth that shine in the dark you didn't get Amy's blackmailer that's why we're going back to that man in the flea bag huh your version of tenants for a deed not done I had a yarn that's enchanted me you're mine long ago Slade I learned not to my way for you after me seller hi Chico guess who please underlay go away do not stand and glow on me late eager to see you yarn again Chico yawn for the man yeah do that Chico flash the gold 10 faces if you open your mouth wide you turnies my gold by customers with my blood senior you left a double empty space in the choppers what more do you want I got two of your teeth now Chico meet a blackmailer seller I spoil it I mess it I lousy amateur should not play this game it is murder on teeth so you found up on the blackmail but you got to kill two men Matt Jeffrey by poison Ray Norton by bullets you've had a busy day you are both very slap happy people know sure we are Chico I'm gonna slap you right down to police headquarters that way I'll be the couple of murders off my shoulders on your big golden boy your hand for my tear stain jagged and I will explain I do that Chico my hand on this stain here a letter came from my once room guest Matt Jeffrey after his disease I opened a picture in blackmail picture to man with brains more brains than to me so you called Amy Webb who else to call she has had photographs in the van the papers because she will marry a van a millionaire who else to call where's the picture in my b-shack and Red Arrow Beach the dirtiest one the painted red and blue the one in the cheekiest stilts under a loose board in the floor we checked you with the police Chico then we check a loose board coming golden boy he said under a loose board would have been easier if he said under a tight board what isn't loose in here lift them up sailor one by one that we find the treasure we're having fun now no what you say oh I said it's a moonlight night you see is bright nine jolly it can be what you think I said it sounded more like hey I think I yeah I found them sailor blackmail stuff huh let me peak huh Amy in a junior swimsuit and Matt Jeffrey in pin-up shorts and both leaning against a brand new car that's all take another look where are they to me it looks like Miami I've been to Miami and to me it looks like Miami kill me it is Miami yeah cozy piece of blackmail blackmail to be my slate put snapping your gun that's a rifle sailor someone's trying to kill us come on it's through here sailor this backdoor dive into the water last one in is a dead duck see your Shannon see you ready to do about please come in Amy told me what happened to your cheeks and I will pay for the scar it leaves we charge by the footage where's Amy I will get Amy Amy darling we have this ago see your Shannon see you ready to do about I heard we so say you pay you for your star snake I want to contribute to you touch one into that scar you'll have a few of your own I just want to let you to know that I've got this thing wrapped up now take a look at this wet picture Rico wet because when we get a picture like this we like to swim around with it especially when there's someone urging us onward with a rifle go on take a look at it Rico tweaking isn't it we go look at it Amy I thought you were an eye with three weeks ago I told you I was that means I was but these pictures it was taken seven years ago Miami Matt and I were on the debating society for our college we went to Miami to debate who won and says yeah tell us about it you are lying Amy this picture was taken recently here see in the background this year's model car this could have been taken seven years ago recently when you said you were with your mother you were with my Jeffrey so I went to Miami so what if I did so you killed Matt Jeffery poisoned him that's a what if you did I asked you to throw them out Rico Amy poisoned him at breakfast he died on our boat Matt Jeffrey blackmailer number one murdered man number one in someone else all of you crazy that little artist Ray Norton the man who got hold of one of these pictures blackmailer number two murdered man number two poor Amy because you wanted my wealth you could have told me crazy and the blackmail goes on a hotel clerk who opened Matt's mail dreamed up a story Amy a good one told it to Rico a story that made it look like the clerk murdered the other two clerk I was supposed to capture on the waterfront maybe kill truly I am sorry Amy Amy put down that guy get out of my way I'll kill him Amy do not Rico Rico I didn't mean it wasn't for you I want to get away Rico Rico you can't die you can't the car naming murdered man number three I was wrong I didn't think she'd cry yeah you were wrong I go home sailor I'll take it from here isn't this wonderful say sailing along calm sea beautiful day anybody head back to Havana gonna rain you're crazy you've got a cloud in the sky going to rain head back what makes you think it's going to rain my new scar this one on my cheek it twitches when this car acts up it's gonna rain how can you tell that you haven't had that scar long enough look sailor I got scars all over one for snow one for hail one for hurricane one for tornado and one for cloudy there's new ones for rain it twitches huh yeah what does this do to it keep on doing that sailor I'm getting a message uh-huh uh-huh snow rain hail sailor bottom's gonna drop out of the barometer tonight and so our two stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall have brought to a close our latest bold venture story special music was composed and conducted by David Rose may we invite you to listen again next week at this time for another exciting adventure starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall together in bold venture


The Puritan Bennett LP-10 ventilator is a portable, electrically powered ventilator capable of providing ventilatory support to a variety of patients. It has relatively rudimentary design, it has many capabilities of more advanced ventilators. For troubleshooting and comprehensive training, please refer to the manufacturer's operating manual. This ventilator unit is fully contained and has the capability to operate without any external gas sources or electricity for short amounts of time. Caution must be taken when any power or oxygen source is disconnected to prevent patient injury. Battery power may not be sufficient for extended periods and concentrated levels of oxygen are not available without external connections. Although this ventilator may have been pre-assembled or is currently operational, it is important to have some basic understanding of the assembly and function of the external connections. The connections to the ventilator can be divided into two categories, those that supply the ventilator with power and supplemental oxygen, and those that provide an interface between the patient and the ventilator. The external connections that provide oxygen and power to this ventilator are the following, power cord, the external supplemental oxygen reservoir system, the external supplemental oxygen reservoir system consists of several key pieces, the valve and bracket, corrugated hose, oxygen tubing, intake adapter, and the reservoir bag. Attach the valve and bracket assembly to the side of the ventilator unit by sliding the grooved opening onto the accessory arm. Attach the reservoir bag to the bottom adapter port underneath the bracket arm. Attach one end of the white corrugated hose to the adapter port on the top of the bracket arm. Use the intake adapter on the other end of the white corrugated hose to connect to the intake port on the ventilator. Attach one end of the small bore oxygen tubing on the top of the valve to the small nipple connection and the other end to the available oxygen source. Supplemental oxygen can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the flow on the flow metering device. The precise oxygen concentration may not be known. External power supply. The external power supply is simply a standard AC 110 volt plug adapter that plugs into a wall outlet. In order to use the external power and not the unit's internal battery, the power switch adjacent to the power cord must be turned on. If the unit is to run on the internal battery, the switch must be turned off. The ventilator will continue to operate as long as the battery has sufficient power. The battery life will vary depending on usage. The connections that supply the interface between the patient and the ventilator consist of three hoses along with several other pre-assembled pieces that are termed the ventilator circuit. The connections for the ventilator circuit are located on the lower right front of the panel. The ventilator circuit connections consist of the following. The ventilator gas source to patient labeled patient air. The pressure monitor connection labeled patient pressure. The exhalation valve connection labeled exhalation valve. To connect these fittings, connect the 22 millimeter corrugated hose to the ventilator patient air fitting. Connect the green transducer hose to the ventilator patient pressure hose fitting. Connect the clear exhalation valve hose to the ventilator exhalation valve hose fitting. As assembly has been completed, the unit should be evaluated for proper function before being connected to a patient. The following will demonstrate the proper procedure for adjusting parameters on the mechanical ventilator. Preliminary settings should be dialed in to assess proper function of the unit. First attain prescribed ventilator parameters from physician or appropriate care provider. If the unit is not to be placed on a patient and is simply being checked for proper function, use the following settings. Add AC, respiratory rate, 12, inspiratory time, 1 second, tidal volume, 600 cc, high pressure, 50 centimeters of water, low pressure, 4 centimeters of water. Now look at the control panel on the unit located under the protective flap. Turn the ventilator on by first turning on the power switch located on the back of the unit and by turning the mode to the desired mode of ventilation on the control panel. The ventilator will automatically begin a self-check to assure the ventilator control mechanisms are functioning properly. After about 5 seconds, the ventilator will begin to ventilate at previous settings and start to alarm low pressure apnea. Silence the audible alarm by depressing alarm button on the control panel. Turn the control knobs as labeled to the desired parameters as shown. Once the parameters are dialed in, set the high and low pressure alarms. Generally, 50 centimeters of water for the high and 4 centimeters of water for the low is an appropriate place to start. Once complete, occlude the patient end of the ventilator circuit with gloved hand. After a delivered tidal breath, you should see the previous low pressure alarm apnea change to a high pressure alarm. The alarm panel still indicates a low pressure. Check circuit connections because there may be a leaking or disconnected tube. Before connecting ventilator circuit to patient, verify that prescribed settings are set according to the prescribed orders. Connect the end of the ventilator circuit directly to the patient's endotracheal or tracheostomy tube. You should visualize the patient's chest rising and falling with each breath of the mechanical ventilator. Reset the alarm on the control panel by once again depressing the alarm button. If functioning appropriately, alarm should cease and no red lights will be illuminated on the alarm screen. At the upper right hand corner of the ventilator, the peak pressure will be displayed on the analog manometer. The pressures over 35 cm of water should be reported to the appropriate care provider. Reset the high pressure alarm 10-15 cm of water above the average peak airway pressure noted. The low pressure limit should be adjusted 5-10 cm of water above the pressure noted at the end of the expiratory phase. This is usually 5-10 cm of water unless external peep is applied. If peep is ordered, contact the appropriate care provider for assistance. Remember to monitor the patient as necessary. Watch for alarms that may indicate dangerous conditions for the patient. If at any time an alarm occurs and the reason is unknown, disconnect the ventilator and provide manual ventilatory support as described in previous modules until help is available. For a complete list of alarm messages, see the ventilator operator's manual. Commonly, a high pressure alarm indicates obstruction of the endotracheal tube or ventilator circuit. When this alarm is displayed, quickly evaluate tubing and verify there are no kinks or obvious obstructions. A high pressure alarm could also mean that there is a buildup of secretions in the lungs or airways. If the patient exhibits symptoms of coughing, the patient should be suctioned as described in previous modules. A low pressure alarm can mean that there is a leak or disconnect in the tubing. When this alarm is displayed, quickly evaluate and verify the circuit is appropriately connected. If no leak is found and the low alarm setting is appropriately adjusted, it may be necessary to manually ventilate the patient until help is available. Commonly, adjustments to the ventilator will need to be made. To adjust any of the parameters, simply dial the control knob to the prescribed setting. Adjustments to the alarms may be necessary after adjustments are made. To do so, follow the same procedure as described earlier. As always, monitoring patient's response to changes in the ventilator settings is imperative.


open your Bibles to Philemon and I know the bulletin says verses 4 through 7 but I think we'll get through verse 6. Let me read verse 6. How I pray that your fellowship in the faith might effectively produce knowledge of every good thing in you through Christ. Amen. I don't know what you took away from this morning sermon. Maybe that Pastor Mark was a little angry but I'm just kidding. But it's very providential at times when you're studying the Word and sort of the morning service and the evening service kind of dovetail. Pastor Mark sermon, sort of what was impressed upon me is the importance of being with God's people and emulating God's people to have that common fellowship and communion with the people of God and to hold on to that precious fellowship that we have. And here in verse 6, that is exactly what Paul prays for Philemon. This is exactly what he prays for Philemon. So if we were to ask what is the content of Paul's prayer for Philemon, Paul gives thanks to God for Philemon's love and faith in verses 4 through 5. But here we have the content of his prayer. And this prayer, what it teaches us as he prays for Philemon, he intercedes for Philemon. This prayer teaches us how fellowship with the saints effectually produces knowledge of every good thing, the Christ given graces that we need to be forgiving people. That is what the focus of Paul's prayer is. If you were to read five different versions of this particular text, verse 6, you'd read five different interpretations. It's the hardest verse in Philemon to translate. Let me read a few versions to you. So if you have an ESV, the ESV reads this way. And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. You'd get the idea there possibly that he may be talking about evangelism, that the sharing of your faith. Let me read from the New King James. Same verse, verse 6. That the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgement of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. What's missing in verse 6? Prayer, praying. It's connected directly to verse 5. As if he's connecting, this verse 6 is connected to verse 5 and the content of Paul's thanksgiving then spreads or sort of it pours into verse 6. And the concept or the idea of praying is not included in verse 6 in the New King James version. Let me read a couple others. Let's see. The NASB and I'll stop here. And I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake. A bit different also from the other two that we read and different from the way that I translated the passage. What's the point of all this? Of noting these differences in translations? Well, when you're studying your Bible, what you want to do is you want to, I want to go to a text and sometimes it's a verse. Generally it's a verse when I'm preaching a sermon, but sometimes longer. And you want to draw out the doctrine, right? What does God say to His people in this particular verse? What is God saying here? So I want to get the doctrine. So then I can correct, I can prove, I can train in righteousness if you're thinking of a Second Timothy. So as you begin to study a text, one of the things that you have to do is figure out, well, what is the author saying? And sometimes you'll take a look at some different translations to see, well, what's the author up to here? And you'll see these variations. There are no textual issues. Well, there's one, but it's not important. And all the versions kind of communicate the same. And the issue is not with the word prayer. That's not a textual issue. It has to do with what Paul is referring to here. So look at verse six with me or listen really to verse six with me. How I pray. That's how I begin. How I pray. The verb pray is implied from verse four, where Paul states that he thanks God. He says in verse four that he gives thanks to his God always when he makes mention of Philemon in his prayer. And then he says giving thanks. And in verse four and five, he tells you what he gives thanks for. He gives thanks for his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in his love for all the saints. Praying that verse, verse, so this will be the, I promise as best as I possibly can promise you, that this will be the last verse that I'm going to do this with in Philemon, because it's just a difficult verse to try to understand because there are some important terms that Paul uses here that we'll look at, but also because it's sort of, it prepares us to get into the content of the letter where he's appealing to Philemon to forgive, to be reconciled with Onesimus. And last week we saw the characteristics of a man, of a Christian who has a forgiving spirit who is willing to be reconciled with others. And that is, has faith in Christ, has love for the brothers. And here now we see how Paul prays for someone who is going to have to reconcile with his brother. What is it that he asks God specifically for Philemon? So that when we're in a situation where we need to be reconciled with someone, with another Christian, we know how to pray for them. We know what to ask God for. And we can generally pray for the church that this would be manifested in each and every one of us. Okay. And then that's going to set us up then to understand the book of Philemon better and be able to apply its truth more accurately. Okay. So grammar stuff. Okay. Paul begins this verse, verse six, with an adverb. And that particular adverb, the way that it works is generally it's going to refer back to something, right? And generally what it's going to do, it's going to try to refer back to some verbal idea. And the main verbal idea here is prayer. It's prayer. That is what Paul is talking about. He's talking about his prayer to God. And the particular adverb, usually what it does is when it's used with what's called this adjunctive, what it points to is the content of a particular prayer. And that's what Paul is giving us here. Paul is giving us the content of his prayer for Philemon. So the verb pray then is implied, it's brought down. So what do you do in your translation? You bring it down. That's why the ESV and the NASB and the NIV and the NET and the Holmen Christian Standard Bible, they supply the verb in verb four for you, pray. The verb pray is implied from verse four where Paul makes a statement. He's going to introduce now the content of Paul's prayer, Paul's prayer. And then he says, and commentators are divided on which way to go now because of the next term. And the term is the way that I've translated is how I pray that your fellowship, the word is koinonia, koinonia, the word, but it's a noun. And in the New King James, and even in the ESV, it's kind of translated like a participle, sharing. But that's not, the verb is the noun is never used that way. It's never translated that way. It's always translated. Fellowship participate, it's translated three ways actually. I'll give you the references here. So koinonia has three uses. It can mean participation to be associated by shared, to be associated with someone by shared experience, participation. That's 1 Corinthians 10, 16. Fellowship to be associated by a shared life together with someone. And those two seem, at least when I read those two, to overlap some, and I'll give you a reference. 1 Corinthians 1, 9. And then the third way that it's used is in context of giving, to be associated by contributions or gifts. And that's in Romans 15, 26. Options one and two here in this particular context seem to make the most sense. And giving is not what Paul has in view. It's not what Paul has in view. So I would take koinonia to mean either fellowship or participation. So I pray that your fellowship or your participation, and I see those as overlapping semantically. My mother-in-law keeps calling me. I don't know why she's calling me. She's probably watching the sermon, get over with the grammar part. The second, so participation or fellowship. Then is that your fellowship in or participation in the faith or the way that the NA, the ESV has it is. I pray that the sharing of your faith, the sharing of your faith, what there, the idea is, and the ESV koinonia is sort of like a participle. And the object of the participle is faith. I'm sharing my faith with people. But that's not what he has in mind here. That would be a subjective genitive. Philemon's faith in Christ or God, he shares that with other people. But if you take koinonia in its common usage, which is participation and fellowship, that makes no sense. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. I think that the way that you should take faith is as an objective genitive. And what I mean by that is it's referring to, so let me read my translation, that your fellowship in the faith. And by an objective genitive, what I mean is that it becomes the object of the verbal idea in fellowship. So Philemon participates with believers objectively in a common faith. What is it that he shares with them? Faith in Christ. It's more than faith in Christ. But it can be summarized that way because it's a body of truth. He has fellowship. He participates together with believers in a common faith. They all have a common faith together. And that is what Paul prays for. Well, he says, he prays that this common faith that he has would do something. He says, how I pray that your fellowship in the faith might, the key idea is mutual participation in a common faith. And having a shared faith is something that we should not turn our noses up to or we should bark at or say, well, that's not important. The important thing is that we're together. No, for the people of God, it is absolutely imperative that what unites us, what brings us together is not best practices. We like to have a group on Tuesday. We like to have church at in the morning and we like to come in the evening. We like to baptize believer. No, well, I would say yes, because I'm going to read a text here that would point us in that direction in Ephesians four, four through six, listen to what Paul says. There is one body, one spirit, just as you were all called to one hope that you belong, one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all who is overall and through all and in all for believers, we cannot discount the value of the faith that we share together. Listen to the way that Jesus puts it. And here this is a prayer of Christ in John 17. In John 17, John 17, he says, sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.  That they also may be sanctified in the truth. How is it that Jesus is, well, Jesus is praying here that we would have fellowship with God, that we would have communion with God, that we would be one with God and one with his people. And what is the basis of that fellowship? The truth, the word of God. I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word. You see how it's not this subjective thing. It's an objective truth. It's doctrine that's preached that men believe and they come together, they unify into one body based upon those truths that are believed.  That they also may be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. How does the church declare to the world without speaking that God has sent Christ into the world? I'm talking about not evangelizing or preaching the gospel. That's not what I'm talking about. If you have that in your mind, you must, we must not know each other. That's not what I'm talking about. By the unity that we have, by the love that we have for one another. Yes, we do it openly by preaching the word. But besides preaching the word, how do we demonstrate to the world that God sent Christ into the world that the testimony that the Bible gives of the person and work of Christ is valid by the unity that we have one with another in the truth of the gospel. Our unity as believers is founded upon our like precious faith, a bond that will accompany us into eternity. Nothing can break this bond and it is unbreakable because Christ prayed that we would have this kind of participation with one another and with the very Trinity. This should be the goal of every church and of every believer to have this mutual fellowship, this life together that we share. And the Old Testament, particularly the Psalms, is right. It's full with this truth. Turn to Psalm 133. Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity. It is like the precious oil on the head running down the beard on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his road. It is like the dew of Herman, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord has commanded the blessing life forever. Psalm 133 is a celebration of communion, of fellowship, of life together with believers. And the psalmist celebrates this unity by using two similes. Look at them with me. The first is in verse two and it's the ordination oil on the beard of Aaron and his descendants. What's the purpose of that ordination oil? What did that ordination oil do? In Exodus 30, verses 30 through 31, let me read those verses to you. You shall anoint Aaron and his sons with this oil and consecrate them that they may serve me as priests. And you shall say to the people of Israel, this shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations. This oil consecrated the priests for their priestly duties. And what the psalmist is saying is that the unity, the fellowship, the common faith that believers have is similar to this oil. When the priest is anointed, Israel is holy unto the Lord. Participation, fellowship, communion with one another produces holiness in God's people. That's the point. Now he uses a second simile. And in verse 33, excuse me, verse three, he says, it is like the dew of Herman which falls on the mountains of Zion in arid lands, dry lands, dew from snow-capped mountains, travels, and it falls down on the soil. And what does it produce? Crops, fruitfulness. The point is that this dew makes the land fruitful. What does unity and fellowship, communion, a common faith among believers produce? He's telling us fruitfulness. That's what those similes point to. You see, the point that Paul is making in praying for Philemon that, or he brings up here, what he brings up is this shared communion, this life together with the believers that is, this life is actually brought together, or they are brought together into a life by their faith. It produces something in the life of believers. Different examples we see, it's a testimony to the world in John. And of course, it's what Jesus Christ prayed for. It's what the apostle preached in the book of Ephesians, and there are many different examples too in the book of Ephesians how it unites men and women who were not even in fellowship with each other. This is exactly the point that Paul is making in his very next statement. He prays for Philemon that the participation that he has in common with all believers might effectively produce the knowledge of every good thing in us through Christ. He's saying he wants this common faith, this life shared together, this participation that Philemon has with all of the brothers, and now even with Onesimus who's coming. He wants this. He prays that it might effectively produce. You see, this is a, well, Paul is praying that Philemon's fellowship in the faith might work. He's saying I want this communion and this fellowship that you have together with believers to produce something. I don't just want it to be inactive. I want it to be fruitful. On a weekly basis, we pray for y'all this way. For some, we pray for y'all on a daily basis. We pray that your faith might work, that your faith might be effective unless you run in vain. You ask, why, why, why do you pray for us? Well, the same reason Paul prayed for Philemon. Listen to the words of the author to the book of Hebrews. This is why we pray. I'm certain this is why Paul prayed for it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away to be, to restore them again to repentance since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. That is why Paul is praying for Philemon because as I quoted the Lord Jesus last week, the man or the woman who is unwilling to forgive will not be forgiven by God. And he is praying now that this common faith that Philemon has might work, that it might produce fruit, that it might yield something. He's confident of this because he's hearing of Philemon's reputation. He's hearing about him more than likely from Onesimus. He's hearing about him from Apathras and maybe from others who are visiting him. But he wants this common faith that they share in the Lord Jesus Christ to bear fruit. You see the appeal here? We should appeal to men this way. When people in the church start to go crazy, don't we share a like precious faith? What's wrong with you? Is your faith not producing fruit? Are you not thinking right about what you're confessing with regard to Christ Jesus? This confession should bind us together. It should cause us to be united, to be one. What does Paul want the fellowship of your faith to produce? Of course, fruit. The fellowship of your faith may become effective in promoting deeper knowledge, not hidden, secret, special, none of that, but deeper knowledge. He wants it to produce knowledge. It's the same idea that he references to in Colossians 1-9 and in Colossians 3-10. Here, as in those verses, what he's talking about, he wants Philemon to have a greater understanding and experience. The fellowship of your faith may become effective for greater perception of every good thing and that same fellowship may be an occurrence or an event that impresses the knowledge of every good thing upon the believer. So, this is what he wants. Philemon has a like precious faith with the Colossians, and what he prays for is that that knowledge that I share a common faith with the brothers and sisters here, he wants that knowledge to deepen.  He wants that knowledge to deepen, and he wants the fellowship that we share together to also be a source of deepening that knowledge. So, I have peace with God, and if you're a Christian, we have faith in Christ, we all have peace with God. And he wants that when we're talking and we're praying and we're spending time together, knowing that you have peace with God and I have peace with God, he wants it to deepen my appreciation for that peace with God, and he wants me to rejoice in that. But also in the interaction that we have, that we would not have had if we were not in Christ, he wants me to understand, oh, I have peace with God, I have peace with this brother, I have peace with this sister, and we have peace with God together. In the Bible, experiencing is a way of coming to greater knowledge, more so than just hearing or seeing. I'm like a charismatic, so don't worry. I'm going to give you some examples here. Look at the book of Job. In here, it's a full and frontal assault of God upon Job. It's in Job 42. In Job 42, look at verse one. I know that you can do all things and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Who is this that hives councils without knowledge that Job is quoting God when God challenged him a few chapters back. Therefore, because of this challenge, I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know here and I will speak. I will question you and you make it known to me. Now those are God's words, his challenge to Job. Verse five, this is how Job would respond.  Therefore, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes. He had a very strong, very real encounter with God and it changed his perception of who God was.  This is something that I don't think many tend to value. In our fellowship with one another, if we are fellowshiping in a godly, God honoring way, conscience of the like precious faith that we have, we can come by means of our communion with one another. We can come to a greater knowledge of the gifts and blessings God has given us in Christ because those gifts and blessings are meant to be shared among God's people. We share those gifts. They're not all for me. I don't keep my gifts. I don't hoard my gifts. My gifts were given to me by God so that I might share them with his people and they might taste and see that the Lord is good by means of the fruit he produces in my own life and I might taste and see that the Lord is good by the fruit he produces in the life of others. So Job, now look at, so he is confronted with God and he has this experience that although he had heard of the Lord, now that he had this powerful encounter with God, it changes his perception. Things are changed for Job. He is not the same and his view and the image of God in his mind and in his heart is not the same anymore. It's different. This happens also in the church. Look at the Book of Acts. In the Book of Acts, in chapter 2, verse 42, Luke writes, and they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, doctrine, life together. To the breaking of bread and prayers and the prayers and awe, fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. As always, I'll add the caveat, right? We know that the Book of Acts is descriptive and it describes for us a particular age in church history where the Spirit was working by means of the apostles to affirm the testimony of the gospel in ways that the Spirit does not work today. We all know that. But let's keep reading. And all who believed worked together and had all things in common and they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all as any had need and day by day attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes. They received their food with glad and generous hearts praising God and having favor with all the people and the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. This common fellowship that they had and look, it wasn't, let's just go hang out together and go to the mall. No, it was around the apostles' teaching. It was for edification. It was for prayer. It was for maturing of the saints. They didn't just come together to go watch Deadpool, right? They didn't do that. That's not what they did. They came together to center themselves around the preaching and the teaching and the practice of the apostles. And what did that cause? It caused fruit. It caused life. That when the church or the believers there, when they experienced that fellowship, they were matured and we see how the church explodes and then numbers were added. Many were being converted. Why? Because of the fellowship that they had together. Because of the sharing or the participation they had in the same faith. And Paul is praying. Paul is praying that this experience that Philemon has in his understanding the faith, in his knowledge of those truths and in his experiencing those truths among God's people would cause him to grow in his knowledge of every good thing in us. Or really it's every good thing in you and that's plural. And that's in Philemon and the church at Colossae. Every good thing in you. So we go witnessing and knock on somebody's doors. Good person. No, there's no good person. There's nothing good in us, right? Well, you got to kind of balance that. Because Paul is very clear here that there is something good in us. But it's not because of us. It's through Christ and we'll get there in a second. But can you recount all of the good things in you through Christ? Can you do that? Ephesians 222. God himself dwells in us. Because of Christ, God dwells in me. Ephesians 317. Christ himself. Catoi Kettles. He inhabits as a home the hearts of believers. First Corinthians 316. The Holy Spirit indwells us. Ezekiel 1119. We have new hearts. James 4 6. We have grace. Philippians 129. We have faith. Acts 1118. We have repentance. We have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, Galatians 5 22 through 23. That's 16 things. And there is an infinite number more, infinite number of good things in us through Christ in us. We and think of that plural, or it's really in you in the text. And what Paul is stressing there is the participation that believers have in the gifts of Christ as heirs of God and heirs with Christ. We share in something that we will never share in with our relatives who are blood relatives or not Christians. The gifts and the blessings that God bestows upon his children never rust. They don't wear out. They don't give out. They actually grow and they are intensified as we understand the truths that we believe and as we participate in the truths that we believe together. And then when we're ushered into heaven, that knowledge becomes clearer and our minds are able to rejoice and be satisfied in the good things and then the fellowship becomes purer.  In this life, it'll have ups and downs and bumps and bruises, but it's a prayer that continues to expand and grow. You think of all of the good things that Christ has purchased for us. All of these are gifts of his grace and they're ours not because of anything we've done, but they're ours through Christ. For as one author puts it, Paul is speaking here through Christ in his last phrase there, through Christ. Paul is speaking of the instrumentality of Christ in producing every good thing that is in us. And this seems to accord more easily with Paul's thinking in general. Philemon's participation in the faith that is his fellowship in the community of Christ is to be made effective in his knowledge of every good thing that belongs to believers through Christ. This will then form the basis upon which Paul will appeal to Philemon to release Onissimus. They have this common faith. So now you think of the man or the woman who is increasing in his knowledge of every good thing that Christ is working in us. And you think of the man or the woman who is actively experiencing all of those gifts and all of those graces, knowing that they're produced in him through Christ. And then another believer who is participating in the same truths and in the same gifts experientially. There's division between them. What would be their desire? Reconciliation. Because as they reconcile, they experience the truth more vividly and experientially. It becomes greater in quality. That is why he prays this for Philemon. And he is in essence saying, I'm sending Onissimus to you. And when he comes and you reconcile, your knowledge of the gospel will deepen and your experience of the gospel will deepen. Because you are participating now without restraint with your brother who has sinned against you, who is repentant, who is willing to reconcile. And you are more like God in your acceptance of him than you were before. That's why it's important for us as believers to understand this truth that we share in a common faith. And that this common faith that we have is very precious to God and it produces much fruit in us. We should grow in our knowledge of this faith and we should grow in our experience of this faith. And you know how we do that? You don't go to LA Fitness. Now, how do we do that? Fellowship. Fellowship. You spend time with the people of God. You share with them in doctrine, in prayers, in tears, in financial goods, in everything that you have. You participate with believers and you will grow in your knowledge of gospel truth and you will grow in the experiential knowledge of gospel truth. That's why those who depart from the church or depart from the faith or discount the people of God, you think they are trampling the blood of the Son of God under their feet because everything that he has purchased for his people is found in the church. And they're saying what the church has to offer, I want none of. They will never experience the grace of God or the fruit of the spirit outside of fellowship with the people of God. And now Philemon, as Paul prays this way and he reveals to Philemon, this is how I'm praying for you, Philemon would know and he would be prepared when Onissimus arrives to forgive because he wants greater as any believer would, greater knowledge of the gospel and a greater experience of the gospel. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you so much Lord for your word and for the preciousness of the faith that we share together. I pray and I ask you that you would produce fruit in us by our participating one another in our common faith and by our participating, participating in and fellowshiping one another in our common experience of your mercy and grace towards us in Christ. In his name we pray. Amen.