COMMENTARY

Epistle: Acts 10:34-43
Peter testifies to the Lord's resurrection to the household of Cornelius, the Roman centurion who feared God. These two men are brought together by their visions. Through this encounter, God reveals to Peter that the Gentiles are also heirs to salvation. In his sermon, Peter covers the fundamentals of the gospel, Christ's death and resurrection. Peter testifies as an eye witness, who ate and drank with Christ after he rose from the dead, that Jesus is the one ordained by God to be the judge of the living and the dead. He is the fulfillment of the expectations of the prophets and the one through whom any who believe in him receive the forgiveness of sins.

Epistle: Colossians 3:1-4
"If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above" (v. …