When a Christian comes to faith in Jesus, they generally are bold about their faith having discovered the truth and been convinced of the truth of the Gospel by the Holy Spirit.
A person's boldness flows from the Holy Spirit resulting in the seed of the gospel being planted in the hearts and minds of those who listen.
In Acts 4 we see that Peter was brought before the Sanhedrin having done a notable miracle in Acts 3. The Sanhedrin were impressed that these uneducated men were so bold and they recognized that they were Jesus followers.
They boldly proclaimed, "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved"
Once a believer realizes that Christ died for us in order that we might be saved, we realize that God is calling us to do the same. I think it only makes sense that if we love those around us then we should be willing to die in order that our loved one and neighbors might be saved.
Boldness as a result is a natural and necessary requirement of love because it is out of love that Christ died while sharing about the Kingdom. As Christ followers using Christ as our example, we should be ready to die out of love as we share about the Kingdom of God
In fact, it is only those who know the love of God that are ready to die because we know that to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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