Praying For Boldness To Speak

From the Pastor: Dr. M. J. Seymour, Sr.

“And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”(Eph. 6:19-20) “And now, Lord, behold their threatening: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word. …and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.” (Acts 4:29, 31)

Untold millions cannot even begin to fathom the beautiful sweet mystery of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. For two thousand years countless multitudes have fallen into the eternal abyss eternally condemned because they could not and were not willing to see and hear the infinite loveliness of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord of Glory. The pearl of great price was deemed a worthless fantasy, for their self–inflicted ignorance was empowered and consumed by the lusts of their brutish natures. What a difference it would have made if the wisdom of men could have been washed away by the wisdom of God in the sweet mystery of the Gospel! They had ears to hear, but they would not listen.

Are not many of us who possess intimately that precious knowledge of the wondrous good news of salvation purchased in the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lamb of God found with much blood of the condemned on our hands before God? Are we not frequently guilty of hoarding the treasures of the Gospel mystery? Brethren, it ought not to be so! It is a blatant neglect of our duty!

We need the power of the Holy Spirit upon us that with much courage and boldness we may speak forth the riches of the Father’s mercies and grace sent from His bosom in the body of Jesus the Christ. Fly to the prayer closets, Brethren! Cry unto the Father for the courage and the boldness to proclaim and to shine abroad the knowledge of the Pearl of Great Price. Are we ashamed of our glorious salvation? Do we not burn within to speak out boldly?