Episode 140: Baptism of EXTRAORDINARY Boldness

A powerful message by my wife Natalie where she looks at the
transformation that took place in the life of the Apostle Peter
when he received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. A baptism we ALL
need as well. May this message inspire you to pursue God for the
type of encounter that Peter himself had so that we can live the
lives that God is calling us to live!

Acts 2:16-21  - 16 But this is what was
uttered through the prophet Joel: 17 “‘And in
the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my
Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men
shall dream dreams; 18 even on my male servants
and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and
they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders
in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and
fire, and vapor of smoke; 20 the sun shall be
turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the
Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21
And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved.’

Matthew 14:28-30 - 28 And Peter answered him,
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
29 He said, “Come.” So, Peter got out of the
boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and
beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.”



Matthew 16:21-23 - 21 From that time Jesus began
to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer
many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
killed, and on the third day be raised. 22 And
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it
from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”
23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind
me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting
your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”

Matthew 26:30-35 - 30 And when they had sung a
hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31
Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me
this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and
the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 32
But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
33 Peter answered him, “Though they all fall
away because of you, I will never fall away.” 34
Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before
the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
35 Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with
you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the
same.

Matthew 26:36-44 - 36 Then
Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to
his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”
37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very
sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
39 And going a little farther he fell on his
face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this
cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
40 And he came to the disciples and found them
sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me
one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not
enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak.” 42 Again, for the second time,
he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I
drink it, your will be done.” 43 And again he
came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
44 So, leaving them again, he went away and
prayed for the third time, saying the same words again.

Matthew 26:69-72 - 69 Now Peter was sitting
outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and
said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”
70 But he denied it before them all, saying, “I
do not know what you mean.” 71 And when he went
out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said
to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72 And again he denied it with an oath: “I do
not know the man.”

John 19:25-26 - 25 but standing
by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister,
Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing
nearby, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”



John 20:19 - On the evening of that day, the
first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples
were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and
said to them, “Peace be with you.”

Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the
earth.”



Acts 2:1-4 – 1 When the day of
Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound
like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where
they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of
fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them
utterance.



Acts 2:14 - But Peter, standing with the eleven,
lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who
dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my
words.



Acts 2:36, 38 - 36 Let all the
house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him
both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you
crucified.”…38 And Peter said to them, “Repent
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for
the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:14-16, 26 - 14 But you denied the Holy
and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God
raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
16 And his  name—by faith in his name—has
made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is
through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the
presence of you all.... 26 God, having raised up
his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every
one of you from your wickedness.”



Acts 4:3 - And they arrested them and put them
in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.


Acts 4:8-13 - 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
9 if we are being examined today concerning a
good  deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man
has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of
you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the
dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 
11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by
you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for
there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we
must be saved.” 13 Now when they 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 with Jesus.

Acts 4:18-20 - 18 So they called them and
charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it
is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God,
you must judge, 20 for we cannot but speak of
what we have seen and heard.”



Acts 4:29-31 - 29 And now, Lord, look upon their
threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word
with all  boldness, 30 while you stretch
out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed
through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 31
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered
together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.


Acts 5:14-21 - 14 And more than ever believers were
added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
15 so that they even carried out the sick into
the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by
at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
16 The people also gathered from the towns
around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with
unclean spirits, and they were all healed. 17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is,
the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
18 they arrested the apostles and put them in
the public prison. 19 But during the night an
angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out,
and said, 20 “Go and stand in the temple and
speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
21 And when they heard this, they entered the
temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest
came, and those who were with him, they called together the
council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the
prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:27-32 - 27 And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council. And the high priest
questioned them, 28 saying, “We strictly charged
you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem
with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon
us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We
must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our
fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
31 God exalted 


him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to
Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are
witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God
has given to those who obey him.”



Acts 5:40-42 - 40 and when they had called in
the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the
name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 Then they
left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
42 And every day, in the temple and from house
to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the
Christ is Jesus.