Friday - Pentecost 15
Readings
Job 9:1-15, 32-35
Acts 10:34-48
John 7:37-52
Meditation
We hear an echo of the Ethiopian and Philip. The eunuch’s question was, “Here’s water, what is to prevent me from being baptized?” The eunuch knew there used to be a wall, a law separating him from that washing. Now Peter asks, “Can anyone forbid water for baptizing these people?” There used to be a firm wall to Cornelius. That is why he was called a God-fearer. He believed, but could not be received into the assembly of Israel. Now, after Christ has torn the temple veil, after Christ has fulfilled the law, is there anything that forbids baptizing, forbids bringing these people into the assembly? No! In Christ there is no Jew or Greek. It is not that the catagories ceased, but that Christ fulfilled them. In Christ we find our common new humanity. And Peter commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
May God remind you of your baptism and keep you in the new creation.
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