The amazing work of the Spirit’s effort in the life begins with a whisper in the heart and works it self out of the human through the feet. In God in Shoes, Bparks builds a case that the Holy Spirit works through our feet to accomplish his objectives. 

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We can be so thankful for the Word of God that changes and transforms our lives.

Then say to them, listen well to the message today.

Greet somebody around you and then say, listen well to the message.

You know when I was a young man I went as a student missionary and in church in Pohnpei where I was a student missionary nobody wore shoes.

Everybody would leave their shoes at the front of the door and there would be a big area just of flip-flops, and you would go in wearing 1 pair of flip-flops, and when you came out, somebody had taken your flip-flops, and you would go away in a different pair of flip-flops.

But, you know, different types of shoes have different meanings in this world.

And right now, the Lincoln area is celebrating something called God in shoes.

What kind of shoes do you think God would wear if God wore shoes?

Obviously, allegorically in the Bible it's talked about the feet of God and Him resting His feet on His enemies.

Well, you know, what kind of shoes we wear is somewhat important.

You see a church shoe or a business shoe or a sports shoe that tells about action and activity.

When I was a young man, there used to be a television show that was called Mr.

Yes, And it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood, a wonderful day in the neighborhood.

And 1 thing he would always do is he would come in, like he had just been working at a dentist office or some psychologist office in a suit and tie, and he would walk over to the closet and he would take off his coat as he's looking at the children and singing about this wonderful day.

He'd hang up his coat and then he would take a sweater out just to kind of get a little more casual, a little more comfortable with his audience of 5 year olds.

And then he would take off 1 of his shoes and he would be singing and he would say, won't you be mine, won't you be my neighbor?

And then he would put on his other shoes.

Now why did he put on those other shoes anyway?

They kind of were more for action, right?

I'm gonna wear these shoes today because the subject of this sermon is about what kind of shoes you're wearing.

Now if you see me in these kind of shoes and a suit and a tie, you think, this guy must be a little crazy.

You don't see people with a suit and tie and tennis shoes very often, right?

Sports, They're for active people, action.

And so we see here in Ephesians chapter 6 the command that we're supposed to have special shoes, different type of shoes.

A shoe that is designed for something special.

A shoe that is for pilgrims and for warriors.

13 tells us that we're to have this full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground.

And after you've done everything, to stand.

Now what exactly is this day of evil that he's speaking about?

Something that maybe it seems to imply something that is in the future.

And maybe he was speaking about a time when Rome would persecute the Christians and they would gather up the Christians and place them on crosses or put them before the lions.

Maybe he was looking far in the future to a time, a trajectory to the end of the world as he writes to Timothy about in the last days.

We don't know about what this means when it says, when the day of evil comes.

But could we say, if that evil day had come, and it's already over, would this not have implications for us as well?

And that now as we near the end of time, how much more relevant even it is for us that we approach as a day of evil has upon us.

And what are we to do in that day of evil?

We're to put on a full armor, a helmet of salvation, a breastplate of Christ's righteousness, a belt of truth from the Bible and from the things that the Holy Spirit has communicated to His church and to this time.

And we're to have A shield of faith and a sword of what?

And then we're to have something special here.

And have your feet fitted with a readiness that comes from the Gospel of Peace.

I remember a story about a farmer in China as Farmer Fu.

And Farmer Fu was raising waterfowl, and so he had these ducks that he had to get to market.

And he would round up, Farmer Fu would round up all of his ducks and he would try, had a little stick and he would whack this side and whack this side and the ducks were there, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

And he was trying to get all these ducks in a row to go to market, but you know, getting ducks to go across the road was very difficult because the asphalt was very hot.

And so, Farmer Fu's plans were foiled when Farmer Fu and his waterfowl found that the asphalt was so sizzling hot.

And so he thought about this and he had a plan.

And so what he did is he brought over some sand and he poured it out and then he got some sticky tar and he poured that out and he had these ducks walk through the sticky tar and then walk on the sand and he basically he had farmer Foo's waterfowl footwear factory right there as he made special shoes for his ducks and then those ducks could go into market.

What the Bible tells us is that we're to have special shoes.

Our feet are to be fitted, not with any ordinary shoes, but a readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

Now, what that readiness really means is to be ready to communicate the gospel to people at any time.

That we would find ourselves in a situation where we could immediately and spontaneously combust with joy about what Jesus has done inside of us.

That the forgiveness that we have received is felt so tenderly and so joyfully that we can express that joy to others and communicate the gospel.

The gospel is about our great God, that we live in a universe with a great and eternal King, who has for all eternity lived in peace and harmony in his universe and that now we find ourself a creature of his who has designed a universe that's got spinning orbs from galaxies down to molecular atoms, and He is in charge of it all, and we find ourselves under His sovereign care, but in trouble, because we have something that we have inherited, which is called sin.

And this sin makes us lust, it makes us envious, it makes us angry, it makes us sometimes lash out and hurt even the ones we love.

And because of God's eternal holiness, we are separated from God.

We have a desire to be with God and He has a desire to be with us, but unfortunately we cannot be in the same place with this eternal fire without being destroyed.

But God has made a way by stepping out of His universal throne and taking on the garb of humanity.

And perfection needs perfection to atone for man's sin.

And so Jesus in His perfection takes on flesh and blood, uncorrupted blood, to atone for our corrupted blood.

And if we will take upon ourselves His blood and His righteousness, that sin which is in us is washed away.

We are not held accountable for the sins that we have committed because Jesus has taken account Himself by being nailed to the cross.

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GoTential

God in Shoes

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