Holy Boldness

I have been preparing this week to teach the Bible lesson at the Good News Club at my church and once again God speaks to me through His Word.

The disciples have been commanded to be witnesses to the whole world ( Acts 1:8 ) with a promise of receiving the Holy Spirt who will give them power.  The Holy Spirit comes as promise to fill the disciples who appear to some to be drunk but Peter speaks to them with boldness these words.........

"....this Jesus, delivered up according to the foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless me.  God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him tone held by it....)  

When they heard all that Peter shared this is how they responded:

"Brothers what shall we do?  And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins...''


I have read Acts 1:8 before and never really thought about how much power God has given me through the Holy Spirit.  Why am I not witnessing like I should when I have the same power as Peter.  He boldly spoke to the people and told them that they needed to repent.  He didn't sugar coat anything and 3,000 did  ask for forgiveness and received Christ that day!  What am I, what are we, as Christians waiting for?  God has given all the power we need through His Spirit to boldly proclaim the gospel.  Too often we are gripped with fear and  fear does not come from God.  The enemy doesn't want us to share the truth.  Don't let him have his way step out in holy boldness today and share the truth of the gospel.  It's a truth that can change the world and transform lives.