Finding a Life of Gospel Boldness

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The boldest people in the world are those who can look into the face of God, in all of his holiness and power, and know that he is for them in Christ.

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0:00.0	While we are approaching Halloween, it will be here on Sunday, and for many it's a day
0:09.1	about ghosts and ghouls and goblins and pumpkins and candy, but for some of us the day serves
0:15.6	as an annual reminder of the Protestant Reformation.
0:20.3	Reformation Day reminds us how Paul's epistle to the Romans ignited a fire in Martin Luther's
0:25.2	soul, a fire so bold that he stood against an entire religious system that wanted to
0:30.6	shut him up and shut him down.
0:33.4	It didn't.
0:34.4	It couldn't.
0:35.4	Luther gave his life to preach the Gospel of justification before a holy God through
0:40.3	the vicarious substitution of Jesus Christ.
0:45.1	This reformer epitomizes lion-hearted boldness.
0:49.8	So where does such boldness come from and why are sinners so fearful in life?
0:56.2	As we move towards Reformation Day, this is a great clip from a 1993 John Piper sermon,
1:00.9	a sermon on Proverbs 28.1 of all places, which reads to this,
1:05.6	The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
1:12.3	It begins with Pastor John mentioning Proverbs 14, 16, and talking about the guilty conscience
1:19.0	here he is.
1:21.0	The fool rages and is bold.
1:25.8	And the word bold be bold is the same word as verse 1 of chapter 28.
1:32.0	The righteous are bold as a lion.
1:35.3	So fools can be bold and the righteous can be bold, which causes me to think like with
1:41.2	so many Proverbs, you find this, that what is being said here in this verse is that in
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