Peter's Steps to
Boldness:
Key:
The "Boldness" of Peter
May this prayer be our prayer and God's Spirit be seen in our lives through our "boldness".
(v.31)
Our Take Away:
v. 24
"they raised their
voice to God . . ."
Our Holy Spirit "boldness" comes through recognizing the work of God (powerful) and relying on the power of prayer (powerful).
Acts 4:13-31
v. 31
"And when they
had prayed . . . "
Note: For Peter and John, the works of God were adding up.
Note: Three aspects of prayer in Acts 4:24-31
Key:
Peter's "confidence" in
the works of God
led to "boldness".
1. Acceptance of God's
plan even when
it's painful.
(v.24-28)
3. Acknowledgment of God's presence through
His Holy Spirit
(v.31 and 4:8)
2. Advancement of God's plan of redemption through Jesus with "boldness". (v.25-30)
v.28
"to do whatever
Your hand and
Your purpose
determined . . ."
Peter's Steps to Boldness:
v.20
"For we cannot
but speak . . . "
1. Experiencing the
undeniable working
of God
17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”
18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
25 who by the mouth of Your
servant David have said:
‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?
26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the Lord and against His Christ.’
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done. 22 For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.
30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of
Your holy Servant Jesus.”
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
v. 21
"Since they all
glorified God . . ."
19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
27 “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
Key Word:
v.16
"and we cannot deny it."
Boldness
