Lesson 6 Emboldened by His Courage

Dictionary definition of emboldened: to foster boldness or courage in; encourage. So, we are being brought up and nurtured in boldness. This is radically different from the way that I tend to think. My thinking is along these lines. I must muster up the courage and boldness. Draw from within myself the intestinal fortitude (guts) to overcome my fear. Get pumped up!

By being emboldened someone else is fostering my courage. That someone else is God himself through the Holy Spirit.

I pray all of you get excited like I do when I see promises come true in the Bible. In this passage in Act 4 we are seeing played out a promise that Jesus himself gave. In Acts 4 we read from the narative that Peter and John are put in jail (arrested). The next day they are brought before the high priest to give an answer. Acts 4:8 says: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: . . . This is a fulfillment of a promise Jesus spoke of in Mark 13:11: Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

WOW!!!