Boldness Through God's Sovereignty, Spirit, and Word

``And there are reasons to be bold. I suggest to you, one reason is if god is your god, he is sovereign. Nothing can happen to you outside of his divine purposes. Nothing. what what do you lose by being bold? We have the holy spirit. God has given you everything you need for a life of godliness to become more like Jesus, who, by the way, was really bold. He gave up the glories of heaven to be made like you and me and die in our place. That's bold. He set a good example. And we have god's word. And always tells the truth. Always. No exceptions. [01:19:44] (63 seconds)  #BoldBecauseGod

They're common men, and they were astonished. here's what it says next. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. Where did their boldness come from? They knew their savior. They knew their king. They knew their lord. They that gave them boldness. And finally, Ephesians chapter three verses eight through 13. We do have boldness through faith in Jesus, in whom we have boldness with access and confidence through our faith in him. So I ask you, do not lose heart. [00:43:05] (36 seconds)  #BeenWithJesus

Boldness is not self confidence, but it is confidence. It isn't you can do this. Rather, it's confidence in the one who loves you and is with you. That's where the confidence lies. That's where the boldness comes from. Now I've observed people at various ages. I'm now toward you know, in my seventh decade, the middle of my second seventh decade. And so I've observed a lot of people over the course of my life. And one of the things that I've observed is that most adults are not bold. [00:36:34] (38 seconds)  #ConfidenceInChrist

But there's another source of boldness that a child has, and I've observed this as well. I've observed it in my children and in my grandchildren. I've observed it in your children, and it's this. The parent says to the child, I am with you. And when that happens, and if the child really understands that dad is with them or that mom is with them, their boldness quotient capacity goes up because dad will catch me. Mom will protect me. I can have confidence that my parent is with me. [00:38:13] (43 seconds)  #ChildlikeCourage

Are you gonna go too? So he's looking at the 12, Peter, James, John, all those guys. He's saying, are you gonna go too? And I love what we give Peter a bum rap because he denied Jesus, and he walked on water, and then he fell into the water. I mean and he said crazy stuff. You know? He made promises he couldn't keep. But I love what Peter says when Jesus says to the 12, do you wanna go away as well? And Simon's the guy that speaks up. And he says, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we believed and come to know that you are the holy one of god. [01:09:57] (45 seconds)  #WhereElseToGo

Our source of boldness should be in god's word. What god says in his word is completely dependable, completely truthful, and rests on the god who is holy and cannot lie. God cannot lie. I'm not gonna read all of these passages. First Peter one verses 19 to 21 says that the scripture didn't come from the will of man. It came as men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. This book is powerful because it's God's book. It's God's word. Secondly, Hebrews chapter six verses 17 to 20 says, clearly, it is impossible for God to lie. [01:08:19] (57 seconds)  #ScriptureIsTrue

So here's some good news. God wins. In fact, we just finished a series in Revelation where it's bad, it's going to Get worse. Get worse, but Jesus wins. Jesus wins. And by the way, that's in this book from cover to cover. K? It's from cover to cover. It's not just revelation, But Jesus wins. God accomplishes what he wants to accomplish. Think about Nebuchadnezzar. He was the most powerful man on the planet. And in Daniel chapter four verses 29 to 30, he was finished up with all his grand planning and, you know, gardens and buildings. [00:57:12] (46 seconds)  #JesusAlwaysWins

Any four? Is it easy to manage four and feed four? Brett's saying no. Brett, I I agree with you, Brett. I only had two in some day some days that was a challenge. Well, he cared for 10,000 orphans, and he started a 117 schools that offered education to more than a 120,000 people. And how is that even possible? Well, in his autobiography, he shed some light in that. He says this with particular attention to God's word. In his autobiography, he said, I believed his promises, and I poured out my soul before him, and I could rise from my knees in peace. [01:15:19] (46 seconds)  #FaithDrivenService