Boldness
The disciples and the early church were distinctively marked by boldness. Boldness in a supernatural kind of way. Boldness that was beyond personality, intelligence or even personal preference. It’s a boldness that couldn’t be mustered up or created, but it was one that was desired and pursued. They were “filled with the Holy Spirit” and the religious leaders“saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been…