Bold Believer’s

Hebrews 10:19–30 NCV

19 So, brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place without fear because of the blood of Jesus’ death. 20 We can enter through a new and living way that Jesus opened for us. It leads through the curtain—Christ’s body. 21 And since we have a great priest over God’s house, 22 let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can trust God to do what he promised. 24 Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds. 25 You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you see the day coming. 26 If we decide to go on sinning after we have learned the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins. 27 There is nothing but fear in waiting for the judgment and the terrible fire that will destroy all those who live against God. 28 Anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was found guilty from the proof given by two or three witnesses. He was put to death without mercy. 29 So what do you think should be done to those who do not respect the Son of God, who look at the blood of the agreement that made them holy as no different from others’ blood, who insult the Spirit of God’s grace? Surely they should have a much worse punishment. 30 We know that God said, “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them.” And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Hebrews 10:30–35 TPT

30 For we know him who said, “I have the right to take revenge and pay them back for their evil!” And also, “The Lord God will judge his own people!” 31 It is the most terrifying thing of all to come under the judgment of the Living God! 32 Don’t you remember those days right after the Light shined in your hearts? You endured a great marathon season of suffering hardships, yet you stood your ground. 33 And at times you were publicly and shamefully mistreated, being persecuted for your faith; then at others times you stood side by side with those who preach the message of hope. 34 You sympathized with those in prison and when all your belongings were confiscated you accepted that violation with joy; convinced that you possess a treasure growing in heaven that could never be taken from you. 35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!

What ever happen to the Bold soldiers in Christ?

When i was young men and women in Christ where powerful prayer warriors, witnessing tools and walked in authority.. And im not talking about the preachers.

There is a spirit of Intimidation that influences the body of Christ.

2 Timothy 1:6 NKJV

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Breaking Intimidation Chapter 8: Stir the Gift

The goal of intimidation is to make us give up our authority, thereby rendering our gifts inoperative. We are then reduced to operating in our own limited strength and ability. This usually changes our position from offensive to defensive. Then, aware that we are vulnerable, we further retreat to what is comfortable and safe.

Wake Up the Gift

So, if intimidation lulls the gift asleep, what wakes it up? The answer: boldness. Intimidation causes a person to draw back, while boldness lunges forward even in the face of opposition. How can an intimidated person apprehend boldness?

2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Breaking Intimidation Wake up the Gift

Boldness comes from the virtues of power, love and soundness of mind.

Breaking Intimidation Wake up the Gift

Boldness is not a virtue in itself. We have all known people who were brazen and bold. True boldness comes from God and is fueled by godly virtue. Boldness that is fueled by God’s character awakens the gifts in our lives.

Breaking Intimidation Wake up the Gift

Some people do not have virtue behind their boldness. They know the right things to say and act confident when faced with little or no opposition. But their strength does not run deep. It is superficial.

Breaking Intimidation Wake up the Gift

Their bold face is a mask for arrogance or ignorance. Their roots are shallow, and eventually a strong enough storm will expose them.

Breaking Intimidation Wake up the Gift

When the weather is good, you can’t see how deeply a tree is rooted, but under the winds of adversity it will either be uprooted or proven strong.

Tell Someone Your Storms Expose who you really are!!!

Who’s Stronger?

David Said

Psalm 27:1 AMP

1 [A Psalm] of David. THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation—whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

Breaking Intimidation Who’s Stronger?

Not only did he boldly declare his confidence, he lived it as well. David knew the power of God because he knew God. This boldness enabled David to fulfill his destiny and rule righteously

He boldly declared his confidence

He Lived in Boldness

He Knew the Power of God because he knew God!!

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volumes I–XIII Boldness (Christian)

Three passages may be cited as illustrating the idea:

Hebrews 4:16 NKJV

16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Ephesians 3:12 TPT

12 we have boldness through him, and free access as kings before the Father because of our complete confidence in Christ’s faithfulness.

Hebrews 10:19 TPT

19 And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come right into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and with no hesitation.

Hebrews 10:35 TPT

35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!

Really Emphasise Boldness

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volumes I–XIII Boldness (Christian)

the ‘boldness’ denotes the perfect confidence with which the Christian approaches God in this present world; in (ii.) the confident expectation, or joyful and hopeful assurance, which he has with regard to his future relationship with God; in (iii.) the boldness, conceived as existing in the future, denotes the absence of fear, or the simple confidence, which the Christian will experience in the day of judgment. Of this boldness certain important facts require to be stated.

Boldness:

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volumes I–XIII Boldness (Christian)

1. It was a new ingredient put into the religious consciousness by Christianity, and is a distinctive feature of the Christian faith. To come boldly to the throne of grace is a new and living way (Heb. 10:19).

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This can be seen by a comparison between the way in which man approaches God under the OT dispensation, and the way in which the Christian approaches Him under the new covenant. In the OT man approaches God with fear and trembling; he stands afar off ‘at the nether part of the mount’ (Ex 19:17); even ‘Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake’

We have OT way of thinking Christians and We have NT thinking Christians… Which one are you?

Hebrews 12:21 NKJV

21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)

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in the NT man approaches with boldness ‘the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,’ ‘God the judge of all,’ and ‘Jesus the Mediator of a new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling

Hebrews 12:22–24 NKJV

22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volumes I–XIII Boldness (Christian)

It will be found, too, that in this matter of boldness the Christian religion is distinct, not only from the Hebrew, but from all other religions. Fear and shrinking rather than boldness and confidence are, universally, the concomitants of the natural man’s approach to the Unseen and Eternal. The Christian alone has boldness of access to the throne of God.

Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Volumes I–XIII Boldness (Christian)

2. The ground of Christian boldness is Christ, and especially His atoning work; it is not any virtue or grace which the Christian may have in himself or of himself; the virtue and grace of Christ constitute the sole ground of boldness. In Christ the Christian has a great High Priest with whom alone he can boldly approach the throne of grace

Hebrews 4:14–16 NKJV

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Romans 5:1 NKJV

1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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In 1 John 4:17, 18 the love of God is perfected in the Christian’s boldness, and perfect love casts out all fear; but the perfect love of God is, according to this Epistle, embodied in Christ and His propitiatory work

1 John 4:17–18 NKJV

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

1 John 4:10 NKJV

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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Christian boldness is not inconsistent with humility and reverence before God. The Christian is bold when he realizes the perfect and sufficient right which he has in Christ to approach God, but humble when he realizes that this right is not in himself at all but in Another. And for the grace which has given him such boldness and freedom of access he can feel nothing but grateful reverence. In the Christian consciousness, boldness and humility are met together, confidence and reverence have kissed each other

Point #1

Hebrews 10:19–20 NKJV

19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

It will require boldness to enter into the corridor of the Holy Place, Jesus cleared the way by his blood, it was his sacrifice as our high priest giving us access through the veil/his body.

Point #2

Hebrews 10:21–22 TPT

21 And since we now have a magnificent King-Priest to welcome us into God’s house, 22 we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced by faith that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity and we have been freed from an accusing conscience and now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

Hebrews 10:23 NLT

23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Come Closer!! To God.. and let your approach be with an open heart!! Knowing That God keeps his WORD!! God can be Trusted

Point #3

Hebrews 10:24–25 GW

24 We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things. 25 We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming.

As Christians We are obligated to Encourage, to show Love & become Do-Gooders

We are also required to assemble ourselves in the House of the Lord

Point # 4

Hebrews 10:28–30 AMP

28 Any person who has violated and [thus] rejected and set at naught the Law of Moses is put to death without pity or mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse (sterner and heavier) punishment do you suppose he will be judged to deserve who has spurned and [thus] trampled underfoot the Son of God, and who has considered the covenant blood by which he was consecrated common and unhallowed, thus profaning it and insulting and outraging the [Holy] Spirit [Who imparts] grace (the unmerited favor and blessing of God)? 30 For we know Him Who said, Vengeance is Mine [retribution and the meting out of full justice rest with Me]; I will repay [I will exact the compensation], says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge and determine and solve and settle the cause and the cases of His people.

So Choose today!! The Blue Pill Or The Red One

I put my money on the RED all day.. The Blood Still Works..

It’s the blood covenant, which made us Holy

So don’t grieve the Holy Spirt who imparts grace, unmerited favor & blessings from God.

Closing Point #5

Hebrews 10:35 TPT

35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!

Hebrews 10:35 NLT

35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!

Hebrews 10:35 AMP

35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.

Could You imagine The boldness it took

The Women at the well: She told the town Come see the man who told me all about myself

The Women With the issue of blood had gangsta boldness:

What about the sista that walked in a crowed room of men and pour expensive perfume on Jesus head.

Matthew 15:25–28 NLT

25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!” 26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.” 28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed.

Tell Somebody Jesus is moved by faith and boldness not fear and procrastination

The Centurion i Matthew 8 needed Jesus to heal his servant and while Jesus was about to go to his house he stopped

Matthew 8:8 AMP

8 But the centurion replied to Him, Lord, I am not worthy or fit to have You come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant boy will be cured.

Zacchaeus: wasn’t moved by the crowd, he could forecast where Jesus was headed and climbed up a tree and waited. (Jesus said come on down out that tree Zac!!)

Peter stood on a boat with 11 other followers but he was the only bold one that said Lord if thats you bid me to come…

It was 120 in a room praying and suddenly...

Saul on his way to Damascus was knocked off his beast.. God changes his mind, changed his direction ND CHANGED HIS NAME.. He now has to eventually go to Jerusalem and stand before the Apostles and persuade them that he’s a believer., That requires BOLDNESS

What was the Last BOLD thing have you done for the Kingdom?