Boldness

Ephesians 6: 18 “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

We’re living in a time that the unsaved are bold and vocal with their sin. According to Christianity they think there are things which are wrong but believe they are not. The Bible says in Hosea 12:8b “they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.” Years ago we said “surely we’ll never see that day,” but we are. In a sense you could say they win souls to Satan by converting people to their distorted views. They lead people astray from the truth of the Lord.

What the lost do or say doesn’t matter. Now more than ever Christians need to be bold right back at them.  We find ourselves silently going along having the tendency to be timid and uncertain of what to say. The last part of the armor of God is prayer. Paul even asked prayer for himself that he would preach the gospel and label sin as sin. God’s Spirit would do the convicting.

Be bold?  What are we to be bold about? A sinner can defend him or herself. Are we ready to do so? We can’t give personal views; we have to be “handy” with the scriptures. The Bible is the basis of the truth, and by knowing the scriptures we know where to go and what to show them. Some may not believe it without being shown. We need to both know and show the Bible’s black and white view of sin. In verse 19 Paul wanted prayer for utterance—not stutter-ance. We need utterance and remembrance of the scripture to take the Word to them. Verse 20 says we can then speak boldly as we ought to speak.

Let’s pray for boldness and be bold.