Colfax AoG Sunday Sermon Nov 27, 2022 - Bold or Cold

Would you like to be as bold as a Lion? Why would God say? The righteous are as bold as a LION.
What makes the wicked timid? Or is that even true? It seams like today the wicked are Powerful LIONS and God’s People are the mice. What is wrong? Can we change it? The short answer could be obvious…. The Children of God are not living righteously. Could there be more to the story? Let’s take a look…
BRASH PETER: Matt 14:28–31; Matt 16:13–18;
FALLEN PETER: John 21:15–19; Luke 22:55–61; John 21:15–19
BOLD PETER: Acts 4:1-33
Free Speech: παρρησιάζομαι parrēsiazomai speak freely; speak boldly (9x) Acts 9:27–28; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 26:26; Eph 6:20; 1 Thess 2:2
Boldness: παρρησία parrēsia confidence; boldness; plainly (31x) Mark 8:32; John 7:4, 13, 26; 10:24; 11:14, 54; 16:25, 29; 18:20; Acts 2:29; 4:13, 29, 31; 28:31; 2 Cor 3:12; 7:4; Eph 3:12; 6:19; Phil 1:20, Col 2:15; 1 Tim 3:13; Philem 8; Heb 3:6; 4:16; 10:19, 35; 1 John 2:28; 3:21; 4:17; 5:14

Pray for Peter's Boldness: "praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak." - Ephesians 6:18–20