March 30th, 2022
Holy Spirit Boldness
By Pastor Mark White
“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.”
Acts 4:31
Jesus told his disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the Holy Spirit so that they could be effective witnesses, boldly proclaiming the good news of the gospel. And although what happened in that upper room was unique to that moment, we see the Holy Spirit empowering, speaking to, and using the believers all throughout the book of Acts.
Do you know what is so encouraging?
The same power given by the Holy Spirit to the first-century church at Pentecost is available to the twenty-first-century church today!
Yes! The power that was given to them then is available to us now!
The Holy Spirit filled the first-century believers again and again and again. We read of Peter at the Beautiful Gate being led by the Spirit to pull a crippled man to his feet. Then we read of how the Lord filled him with the Spirit, and he stated that Jesus was the Messiah.
This same power came upon the Apostle Paul when he was trying to preach the gospel to the governor, and a sorcerer was opposing him. And Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, turned to this man, and rebuked him in Acts 13. This took a boldness from God. When the believers were preaching the gospel and were told to stop, they prayed for even more boldness to continue preaching. And in Acts 4:31, after this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they all were filled with the Holy Spirit and preached God’s message with boldness.
Have you ever been afraid to speak up for your faith? Have you ever been opposed or mocked as a Christian? Then you are a candidate for being filled with the Holy Spirit. Let’s let God fill us with Holy Spirit Boldness.
By Pastor Mark White
“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.”
Acts 4:31
Jesus told his disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the Holy Spirit so that they could be effective witnesses, boldly proclaiming the good news of the gospel. And although what happened in that upper room was unique to that moment, we see the Holy Spirit empowering, speaking to, and using the believers all throughout the book of Acts.
Do you know what is so encouraging?
The same power given by the Holy Spirit to the first-century church at Pentecost is available to the twenty-first-century church today!
Yes! The power that was given to them then is available to us now!
The Holy Spirit filled the first-century believers again and again and again. We read of Peter at the Beautiful Gate being led by the Spirit to pull a crippled man to his feet. Then we read of how the Lord filled him with the Spirit, and he stated that Jesus was the Messiah.
This same power came upon the Apostle Paul when he was trying to preach the gospel to the governor, and a sorcerer was opposing him. And Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, turned to this man, and rebuked him in Acts 13. This took a boldness from God. When the believers were preaching the gospel and were told to stop, they prayed for even more boldness to continue preaching. And in Acts 4:31, after this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they all were filled with the Holy Spirit and preached God’s message with boldness.
Have you ever been afraid to speak up for your faith? Have you ever been opposed or mocked as a Christian? Then you are a candidate for being filled with the Holy Spirit. Let’s let God fill us with Holy Spirit Boldness.
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