Chapter 10 – Again

It is good to sit with this chapter. As Willie Jennings points out chapter 10 is the fulfillment of chapter 2. 

Some quotes from Dr. Jennings’ commentary; 

“Here now the revolution of the intimate enters its full force.”   

“This world matters to God. We matter to God far more than we matter to each other.”  

“This chapter is the pivot, the turn that makes intelligible everything before it and after it.” 

“The old order approaches on foot, and the new order drops from the sky.” 

“This is the risk of faith that comes to each of us, but none of us carries it alone. The risk here is found not in believing in new revelations but in new relationships. The new word that God continues to speak to us is to accept new people, different people that we had not imagined that God would send across our paths and into our lives.”  

Dear God; 
I consider that Peter, by your grace, took that risk that day. Give me eyes to see that this was the door to my inclusion in your salvation and redemption. Break open any idea I have that your salvation is limited or exclusive. Help me to see that your presence calls me to new relationship. Grant us an understanding of faith that breaks lines as we trust in the love of Christ. 
In his name. Amen.