Proverbs 28:1 CSB – The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
2 Corinthians 3:12 NIV – Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. – J. Oswald Sanders
2 Timothy 1:7 CSB – For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.
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Acts 4:1-13 CSB – While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them, 2 because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.3 So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day since it was already evening.
4 But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men[a] came to about five thousand.
The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem … After they had Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or in what name have you done this?”
Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:[b] 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing here before you healthy.
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
13 When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:18-21 CSB – So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19 Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide; 20 for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
21 After threatening them further, they released them.
23 After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God …
Acts 3:29-31 CSB – And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness,30 while you stretch out your hand for healing, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.
Learning from Peter’s Example of Boldness
Learning from Paul’s Example of Boldness
Acts 28:30-31 CSB – Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house. And he welcomed all who visited him, 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
