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Boldness In the Holy Spirit
(Ac4:23-31)

God is strong and mighty (Ps24:8).
He reveals Himself by His strong hand (Is8:11) and
He comes as the mighty One and rules with a mighty arm (Is40:10).
 
Faith is only waiting for the Lord (Ps27:14) and
The life of this faith is trusting Him and being bold (Ps60:12) for
Even in the world the bold can become anything and do anything.
 
All men have been plagued by fear for
Their ancestor Adam was deceived by the serpent and sinned (Ge3:4-6), and
Thus be attacked by the devil all their lives (Ge3:14).
 
To the Israelites who were enslaved by Egypt
God sent Moses who demanded pharaoh to let His people go.
When their toils had reached their peak (Ex2:23),
God brought them out with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (Dt26:8).
Even the young David with a sling stone struck down the giant Goliath (1Sa17:32-37).
 
While the sanctuary reminded them such (Dt4:34) and
Made Israel the strongest people (Neh1:10),
They eventually forgot this and thus became a fallen nation.
Yet since the prophets spoke of the appearance of the mighty One (Ps24:7-8; Is40:10) and
The fall of the currently strong one (Jer21:5),
The temple was important to Israel especially since they were under the mighty Roman Empire.
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would become the mighty One who judges the prince of the world (Jn12:31) for
By the Holy Spirit, by the finger of God
He drove out demons, the gods of the world (Mt12:28-29; Lk11:20).
However, because He ignored the people’s expectation for him to become king (Jn6:15),
He was passed over to death.
 
As His hands were nailed and His arms spread out, and He hung on a cross
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     With His strong hand fulfilled the will of the Father (Is8:11; Jn10:18);
2)     With the weapon of death, His powerful sword, judged the devil (Is27:1; Jn16:11; He2:14); and
3)     Took up all men’s sin, weaknesses, and sickness (Is53:5; Mt8:17).
 
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb.
The nail marks on His hands reveal that
The weakness of God is stronger than men (1Co1:25),
 
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes with the name of Yeshua and
Chooses the weak and makes them strong (Joel3:10; 1Co1:27).
He lets them gain boldness in the gathering and
Fills them up so they speak the word of God with great boldness (Ac4:27-31).
 
The man of the Spirit, though exposed to all kinds of dangers (2Co11:26),
Mental, physical, financial, and social etc
Does not fear because he:
1)    Believes that Yeshua lives and does not avoid evil punishment to gain an even better resurrection (He11:35);
2)    Prays in the name of Yeshua and feels the power that is with him is greater (2Ki6:15-17; Ac4:29-31); and
3)    Has the confidence by the blood of Yeshua and believes that the gates of heaven will open after he dies (He10:19).
 
O Lord,
I am old, weak, and sickly…
But You have made me so strong!
Let me shame the strong in the world.
Until the end of the world, let us all cry out in the name of Yeshua and
Even if it means death, let us hold on to the blood of Yeshua! Amen.