Going beyond the walls of the church

Going beyond the walls of the Church

Mark 16:15 (ESV) 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

It is vital that every believer develops the heart of a soulwinner. Someone that proclaims both in word and deed the presence of Jesus. As Francis of Assisi said: “Preach the gospel to every creature. If necessary, use words.” The call to GO is given to us. We are to be ambassadors of the Kingdom of God to every nation and every person.

As we have seen, Jesus has poured out His Spirit on all who are willing to receive. He is the one who has qualified us for ministry. Today, let us accept that call: be one who enters into a Fresh Anointing. Seek to present Jesus to everyone with whom we come into contact.

Evangelism is any effort to bring someone closer to Jesus. Multi-level marketers say that everyone who is within three feet of you is a potential new downline candidate. I would say that everyone who is within three feet of you (six if we are still social distasting) could be a divine appointment. Seek to move in the power of the Spirit. We should always ask God if there is some word of encouragement for that person. Remember, evangelism is any effortto bring someone closer to Jesus. Seek a Fresh Anointing for that person.

Having Beautiful Feet

The proclamation of the gospel is associated with feet. Wherever your feet are is the place to proclaim good news. Advancing His presence into new territory.

Isaiah 52:7 (ESV)

7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Romans 10:8–15 (ESV)

8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Remove your sandals and stand upon Holy Ground

Notice that when God calls Moses, he first asks him to remove his shoes because he is standing upon holy ground. Fresh Anointing comes when we stand upon holy ground.

Exodus 3:1–10 (ESV)

3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

1. Moses had to turn aside, even so we must turn aside toward the presence of God

2. Moses had to remove his sandals, even so we must remove every artificial separation from us and his presence

3. The Egyptians and Pharaoh represents spiritual bondage and satanic oppression. Moses was called to free God’s people from that oppression, even so we are called to use Fresh Anointing to free people from spiritual bondage and oppression

Your feet represent the direction of your life. Are you spending time on holy ground so when you enter unholy places you are prepared to bring His presence to those in bondage?

Joshua 1:3 (ESV)

3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses.

New Shoes

Ephesians 6:10–18 (NKJV)

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shieldof faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

After we have basked shoeless in the presence of God upon holy ground, we then must prepare (dress) to be a spiritual warrior. We must now cover our feet with the preparation of the gospel. Jesus calls us to be ready in season and out of season. He calls us to always be ready to give an answer of the hope within us. Some of this preparation is to know what He has done.

1. Know what He has done in the word. Know the gospel story.

2. Know what He has done for you. Know how to present your story

3. Know what He has done for others. How He has changed lives

Larry Norman wrote an obscure song about Jesus transforming your shoes:

I had the rhythm of living in my shoes, Along come the rhythm and blues The blues caught up and put me in a trance And my shoes refused to dance, dance, dance. My life began to slip and slide, And I had no hope, I had no place to hide, I borrowed a gun, I had nothing to lose, I figured it's time to hang up my shoes. He came along that very day, He asked me why I walked that way My soles half worn and my tongue hung about With broken laces I'm tripping out. He said to me, get up and walk And I said, why don't we sit down and talk? He said, how 'bout a new soul I said, no chance, I'm gonna put these shoes in an ambulance. He reached right out and touched my toes Everybody knows how the rest of the story goes If you're steppin' through life then my appeal Is to follow in his footsteps and get your soles re-heeled. And if you wanna give your feet a treat, Honey get ready to walk down those golden streets But be careful how you use your shoes And don't waste your time on the rhythm and blues. He turns blue shoes white. He turns blue shoes white. He makes your wrong feel alright, He turns your black soul white. He turns blue shoes white

Being an Ambassador

2 Corinthians 5:16–21 (ESV)

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Do not see people in the natural

In the above verse, Paul urges us to look beyond the natural when we are bringing the ministry of reconciliation. This can only be done through the giftings of the Holy Spirit. We must see people with spiritual eyes. We must see the spiritual conflict behind their actions. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, rather we are called to use our anointing to pull down the spiritual strongholds that hinder people. Bolding proclaiming the truth that will open their blind eyes. We are to call people to Christ.

This message will bring people into the newness of His Spirit. If anyone is in Christ, he becomes a new person.

An Ambassador’s work is in a foreign land

Easton’s Bible Dictionary describes an ambassador’s work:

Ambassador—In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning “one who goes on an errand,” is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits, meaning “an interpreter,” in 2 Chr. 32:31; and of malak, a “messenger,” in 2 Chr. 35:21; Isa. 30:4; 33:7; Ezek. 17:15. This is the name used by the apostle as designating those who are appointed by God to declare his will (2 Cor. 5:20; Eph. 6:20).

The Hebrews on various occasions and for various purposes had recourse to the services of ambassadors, e.g., to contract alliances (Josh. 9:4), to solicit favours(Num. 20:14), to remonstrate when wrong was done (Judg. 11:12), to condole with a young king on the death of his father (2 Sam. 10:2), and to congratulate a king on his accession to the throne (1 Kings 5:1).

To do injury to an ambassador was to insult the king who sent him (2 Sam. 10:5).[1]

Our ministry is beyond the walls of the church. We must seek to use this Fresh Anointing to people we meet in the marketplace.

1. Ask God to stir up your passion for ministry

2. Ask God for the boldness to speak to someone you don’t know

3. Ask God for wisdom on what to say. Ask God to open doors and provide divine appointments.

The Harvest is Plentiful

Fresh anointing is abut lifting up the name of Jesus in every place we go. Seeking to be someone that is available for God to use. There are multitudes hungry for His presence.

Joel 3:13–14 (ESV)

13 Put in the sickle,

for the harvest is ripe.

Go in, tread,

for the winepress is full.

The vats overflow,

for their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the Lordis near

in the valley of decision.

The prophet Joel prophecies about God bringing restoration to the Land. He calls for the blowing of the shophar in Zion. He foretells the Pentecostal outpouring of the Spirit fulfilled in Acts 2. Here we see that there are multitudes in the valley of decision. The Harvest is Plentiful.

Luke 10:2–3 (ESV)

2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

John 4:35–38 (ESV)

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

Amos 9:11–15 (ESV)

11 “In that day I will raise up

the booth of David that is fallen

and repair its breaches,

and raise up its ruins

and rebuild it as in the days of old,

12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom

and all the nations who are called by my name,”

declares the Lord who does this.

13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper

and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;

the mountains shall drip sweet wine,

and all the hills shall flow with it.

14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,

and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,

and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

15 I will plant them on their land,

and they shall never again be uprooted

out of the land that I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

This section of Amos is quoted by James in Acts 15. He says that it is okay for the Jewish church to take the gospel to the gentiles because God is restoring the tabernacle of David. This is a picture of the New Testament Church. God restores worship and free access to His presence. He restores ministry to everyone.

[1]Easton, M. G. (1893). In Easton’s Bible dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers.