GO! IV “Be Confident”

Acts 4:1-22

*Salesman Story. “Confident“*
If he didn't believe in what he is selling then more than likely you will not buy it.

*Acts 4:1-4 - Practice it. *

* Peter and John were proclaiming the gospel everywhere they went. They “practiced” their faith to anyone who would hear it.
* Practice make you confident

*Acts 4:5-7 - Intimidation - *Caiaphas - one of the Jewish leaders that handed Jesus over to pilot.

* Sanhedrin were like the Supreme Court and Congress all rolled into one. They had religious and, to a great degree, civil authority in Jerusalem.

*Acts 4:8-12 - Obedience - *Peter had practiced his faith by walking it out in the spirt.

* The lame beggar

*Acts 4:13* - *Boldness *Came from:

* They had been with *Jesus *
* The cripple man
* The miracle
* Remember Peter denied Christ three times and ran like a coward to keep from being arrested.

*Uneducated Common Men - *

Unlearned fisherman where the real teachers of that time.

* Acts 4:8 Peter was filled with all he needed

* Luke 12:11-12 And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

*Acts 4:19 - We must speak out! *

* Many Christians today have to be reminded to speak.
* *Persecution* - Mark 13:13 And you will be hated for all by my name sake. But the one who will endure till the end will be saved.

* *Matthew 5:10* Blessed.
* *Phil 1:6* being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus


*Conclusion *
Ephesians 6:19-20, the apostle Paul shares a startling prayer request: “Pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” Twice he repeats his request, that he might speak boldly. It’s the same Greek word translated “confidence” in *Acts 4:13*