Let your life be an advertisement for how valuable the gospel is. And then Paul said that one of the effects that the gospel has on the life of those who believe it is fearlessness. "Lead a life worthy of the gospel so that when I come I may find that you stand firm, unafraid of any of your opponents." In other words, one of the ways that our lives show the worth of the gospel is when the gospel makes us bold and courageous and unafraid.What does it mean to be bold and courageous. Here is Piper's message on Pro 28.1.
"The wicked flee when no one is pursuing (because their conscience--the echo of God--condemns them), but the righteous are bold as a lion" (because their conscience is made clean by the righteousness of God imputed to them through faith in Jesus Christ, and there is no condemnation). May the gospel of God's free righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 1:17; Phil. 3:19) take us captive ..., and radically free us from fear, so that we can be as bold as a lion for the sake of the gospel!This is stuff we can live by.
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I like it. I like it a lot. There's something about the imagery of being "taken captive" that makes something in me go "yes". Because when me and God have really been in touch properly, that's what it feels like. As bold as a lion for the sake of the gospel. Winner
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