Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk

It is clear from what Peter experienced that God wants Gentiles in his people as well as Jews. We are saved by Jesus, not by Mosaic Law.

Was the community of Jesus merely an offshoot of Judaism or something that had a nature and life of its own? Some Pharisee believers insisted that you had to be a Jew to be a follower of Jesus.

When it became clear that Gentiles could be received into the community of Jesus the Church had reached an important point in its early life.

We don’t have many details about the individual apostles’ lives, but we do know that each of them experienced and proclaimed the Lord really dead, really risen.

Paul and Barnabas are not successful with the Jews at Antioch in Pisidia. God does not always work in ways we expect. But he does always brings about his own kind of success.

Paul’s first major address is about God’s relationship with the Israelites: their liberation from Egypt, their capture of the Promised Land, their experience with judges and kings. Finally God sent them a Savior, Jesus.

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter

April 28, 2021

Daily Reading from the USCCB: Acts 12:24-13:5a

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