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Praying for
Acts 4:23-31
Maud church of ChristBy Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, January 20, 2013
Praying for BoldnessIt’s Not Easy Being Bold
Boldness – (parrhesia) freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech; free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance.
Praying for Boldness
Acts 4:18Act 4:23-24 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. (24) So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
Prayed Immediately 1 Peter 5:7; Psalms 34:15
Read Luke 12:30-34
Prayed with One Voice
Praying for BoldnessAct 4:23-24 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. (24) So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
One accord – (homothumadon) with one mind, with one accord, with one passion. (Thayer)
1 Corinthians 1:10; John 17:17-23
Prayed with One Voice
Praying for BoldnessAct 4:23-24 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. (24) So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
Their Voice – (singular) one collective voice – they spoke the same thing.
Romans 15:5-6
Prayed with One Voice
Do we speak with one voice – Elders, deacons, preacher, members, etc.
Prayed to the Supreme Ruler of all Men
Act 4:24-28 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, (25) who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'WHY DID THE NATIONS RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE PLOT VAIN THINGS? (26) THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.' (27) "For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together (28) to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
Lord here from the word despotes , which means more literally one with absolute power or ruling without control from men.
Genesis 1:1; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Prayed to the Supreme Ruler of all Men
Act 4:24-28 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, (25) who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'WHY DID THE NATIONS RAGE, AND THE PEOPLE PLOT VAIN THINGS? (26) THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.' (27) "For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together (28) to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
2 Samuel 23:2; Read Psalms 2
Eph. 3:10-12; Acts 20:28
Prayed to Speak the Word with Boldness
Act 4:29-31 NKJV Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak (PAN) Your word, (30) by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." (31) And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke (IAI) the word of God with boldness.
Acts 4:19-20
Prayed to Speak the Word with Boldness
Act 4:29-31 NKJV Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak (PAN) Your word, (30) by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." (31) And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke (IAI) the word of God with boldness.
Servant – (Paidos) can mean either child or servant such as a King’s attendant. Here servant better, same as “Your servant David” in verse 25.
Philippians 2:5-11
Prayed to Speak the Word with Boldness
God does answer prayers1. The place was shaken – literally2. Fig. Determination of the early church shook the
world3. May we pray to shake the world today4. May we with the mind of Christ lift up one voice to
God to speak the Word of God.
