Although Peter and John had no formal training, they spoke with passion and conviction when they were brought before the Jewish leaders in Acts 4.  We learn that gospel boldness is not about swagger or arrogance and overconfidence, rather it is a freedom to speak, combined with a growing understanding of the gospel. The person who has tasted the healing power of God cannot help but speak about what they have seen and heard!

In John 15:26-16:11, Jesus promises that the Spirit of God will abide with the disciples, bringing hope in the face of persecution.  The Holy Spirit enables us to love the world and oppose the world at the same time.

From John's gospel we learn that Jesus Christ frees us from the bondage of self, sin and Satan. 

Preaching from John 8, Walter Strickland shows how Jesus describes the prism of the gospel thru the lens of freedom. There is no earthly antidote for the bondage of sin, but the true freedom we all hope for can only be found in submission to Jesus Christ.