Boldness Week 1

Boldness Week 1

1. intro

   • boldly say "BOLD"
   • history of Acts
   • Def of Bold: Behavior born from belief
   • belief determines behavior
   • brief bckgd of Peter
     • acts 4
       • arrested (3)
       • interrogation (7)
       • reply (8-12)
       • response (13)
     • acts 3 healed lame guy

2. God gives ordinary people extraordinary boldness

   • common: "idiotas"
     • most translators to kind
     • God can use smart people but...
     • specializes in using idiots! :)
   • back to reply in 8-12
     • this was bold!
     • Sadducues hated X
     • no ressurrection but He's back!
   • where did he get that? (8) filled...

3. Your boldness will amaze the world

   • back to 13
   • the council was "amazed"
   • why?
   • b/c P&J didn't care!
   • council didn't agree - but were amazed!
   • how amazed are people by your faith?
     • see scale

4. Boldness comes from knowing Christ

   • how could these guys do this?
   • spent time w/X!
   • boldness is not the goal!
   • knowing X is the goal!
   • boldness is always byproduct of knowing X
   • fill in circle

5. take home

   • plug into the circle
   • if ur on the low end of the scale - upside is huge!
   • want to be a bold church
   • I want to be a church that is so in love with God
   • ask for a raise of hands of those who want to be bold!

6. 3 bold facts of amazing boldness