Rise up!

[BuzzardHut]

A story is told of Napoleon Bonaparte. As he was busy conquering Europe in the 1800's during one of his military campaigns, Napoleon accidentally let the bridle of his horse slip while he was looking through some papers.

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[LivnForChrist]

[Patiently...]

Thanks again!

[mattfivefour]

Now THAT ... is exactly the boldness we need to have in Christ ... the boldness that God the Holy Spirit repeatedly urges us to in the epistle to the Hebrews. Hallelujah! That is good preaching!

But I should caution that this boldness is not to be exercised in human presumption or in spite of human disobedience. That would be a terible thing. The Lord God is a Holy God! No, it comes in the knowledge of whom Christ is and that we are trying to walk in obedience to Him.

As Andrew Murray said in His excellent study of Hebrews The Holiest of All, speaking of the ground on which this boldness, this utter confidence of access, stands: "Among the foundation truths (of this epistle) we have been assured that we have a High Priest able to sympathize, so let us come with boldness (Hebrews 4:15-16). And in the fuller teaching it came again: Having boldness to enter through the blood, let us draw nigh (Hebrews 10:19-22). The High Priest and the blood—these are the everlasting and unchanging ground of our confidence. lt is as we consider Christ Jesus, and follow Him; as we grow in the knowledge and the faith of His blood, and enter through it into God's presence, that we shall hold fast our boldness with an ever firmer grasp. As with a true heart we draw nigh, and in the consciousness of our integrity, that in holiness and sincerity of God we are walking in the world, and placing ourselves in the light of God, we shall receive even in this life something of the great recompense of reward the boldness of faith ever brings."

[LivnForChrist]

Thanks Adrian for that wonderful exhortation.