The Audacity of Faith

October 28, 2009

Tim Peabody

Strong and Courageous: Part 6

Episode Notes

Audacity is insolent boldness. The Bible is full of stories of people who had the audacity to ask for mercy. Cain begged God for a lighter punishment. Abraham begged God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if he could find just ten righteous people there. Jacob tried to coerce God to bless him. Rahab the prostitute asked the Israelite spies to protect her because she had hidden them from the king of Jericho. Now the Gibeonites are desperate for mercy, so they resort to a ruse. They tricked the Israelites into making a covenant with them. Now they were on God's side and under his protection. Over a thousand years later, Samaritans, centurions, tax-collectors, lepers, and Pharisees would have the audacity to beg Jesus for mercy, and they found it. Those with the audacity to ask God for mercy will find it.