Sunday, March 22, 2026

Realizing the New Covenant | Acts 9:32-43

Saul’s stirring conversion and compelled witness is put on hold, and attention is redirected purposefully to Peter. Apostolic witness in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria has now been realized. But the church is not yet ready to advance to the end of the earth. A new lesson must be learned, starting with Peter. Before the church could step into and truly embrace being a witness to the world, the wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles had to be broken down. The international scope of the New Covenant had to be realized in the church, beginning with the apostles in Jerusalem. Christ is truly Lord of all nations and Savior of the world, and this had to be brought home in the church before she could go global.