Westover Hills - Northwest
Amazing Boldness
Boldness is behavior born out of belief.
Boldness: parrhesia (par-rhay-see'-ah); outspokenness, assurance, courage, confidence; to act without fear.
Acts of the Apostles 4:8-10, 13 NLT
Bold facts:
1. God gives ordinary people extraordinary boldness.
Acts 4:13 "[The leaders] could see that [Peter and John] were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures."
2. Your boldness will amaze the world.
Acts 4:13 "The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John."
How amazed are people by your boldness?
3. Spiritual boldness comes from knowing Christ.
Acts 4:14 "They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus."
Time with Jesus builds your faith, which leads to boldness that produces spiritual results.
Acts 4:20 "We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard."
