Join us as we embark on the mission of Awakening Israel, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at spreading the gospel among Jewish people to expedite Messiah’s return. Rabbi Schneider shares insights on the necessity of engaging faith and desire to delve into eternal life. Learn how your words can either empower or hinder your spiritual journey, and why intentional faith might be the most powerful force in your life today.
If we’re not walking in agreement with God, we can’t walk with God. And if we’re not walking with God, we’re not gonna forcefully enter in to this alternate parallel reality of victory that I’m describing to you today. We’ve been talking about how we can enter into the supernatural reality that’s waiting for us to discover and that Jesus promised us. I want to begin today by continuing to lay a foundation. I’m going to the Gospel of John. I’ll be reading from chapter 1, verse number 5 through 10. Hear the Word of God. John says this, the light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it. There came a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. There was the light which coming into the world enlightens every man. He was in the world and the world was made through him and the world did not know him. I want to go back to verse number five. Many translations read that the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness could not overpower it. extinguished it or comprehend it. That there’s a light that shines in the world, in our world. There’s a light here. And the light that’s in the world cannot be comprehended by the natural man. It cannot be extinguished by the natural man. It cannot be put out by demonic powers of darkness. There’s a supernatural reality that’s here. And John says that he came to announce this reality that was embodied in the man, Christ Jesus. Now as John continues on this discourse, he finishes this with verse number 10. Listen to what he says in verse number 10. He said, he, speaking of Jesus, who was the light, he was in the world and the world was made through him and the world did not know him. So Jesus came into the world and the world that he created didn’t comprehend him. It didn’t know him. It didn’t recognize him. The point that I’m making, beloved ones, is that there’s a reality that’s here and it’s now, and most people don’t see it. They don’t recognize it. They don’t comprehend it. And yet it’s real, it’s here, it’s supernatural, it’s for you, and it’s now. This reality that I’m proclaiming to you, it’s a parallel reality. It exists apart from and outside your circumstances. It doesn’t matter what family you were born into. It doesn’t matter what type of job you’re in. It’s an alternative reality, a parallel reality, and you can access it by Jesus. We’ve been talking about how you can access this parallel reality, how you can enter into the dimension Jesus described as eternal life. We talked about number one, the need for desiring it intensely. Unless you intently and intensely desire this other reality, you’ll never enter into it because desire will propel you into it. Without desire, you’ll have no power to enter in. I’ve been talking about Jacob that took a hold of God and said, I’m not going to let go unless you bless me. His desire is what brought him the blessing. That’s why Jesus said the kingdom of God belongs to those that hunger and thirst after it. The psalmist prayed as the soul longs for water, as the deer pants for water. So my soul pants for you, O God. And then we talked about the necessity of faith because without faith that you can really have what God says you can have, you won’t have desire for it. You just think it’s a pretty fairy tale, some type of poetic platitude. But you know what? What I’m declaring to you, it’s not some poetry for a greeting card. It’s real, and it can be yours. It could be mine. Jesus said, if the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. If you have faith that you can be free, if you have faith that you can achieve the victory that Jesus promised you, the Bible says that we’re more than conquerors through him that loved us, that we’re overcoming the world, that we have overcome the world, that greater is he that’s in us than he that’s in the world, that we’ve been raised with him and are seated with him in the heavenly places. If you can believe that you can really enter into this realm of victory that Jesus promised, then you’re going to have desire to enter in and then you’re going to do the things necessary to get into it, to enter into it, because God doesn’t just drop it on us, but he calls us to it and we then warfare to enter into it. That’s what the Bible says. strive to enter into His rest. Even as God gave Israel the Promised Land, He gave it to them as a blessing, He gave it to them as their inheritance, and yet they had to drive up the Amorites, the Hittites, the Jezebelites, and all the other rights to enter in. So God did it with their cooperation, not when they were just passively waiting for something to happen. Too many of you are just passively waiting for something to happen in your life. You’re just passively waiting for God to show up. I want you to know that you have to be in cooperation with God to fully access what he has for you. It’s by faith. You see, faith is an action word. We believe in our heart, but then we speak it forth, the word of faith. We have to cooperate with God. We have to exercise faith. That’s what the whole book of James is about. James said, I will show you by faith, by my works. And so we have to be cooperating with God by faith to enter in. So I want to just challenge anybody right now that you’ve just been passive. You’re wondering why nothing’s happening. You’re wondering why God hasn’t shown up. But Jesus said, draw near to God and He’ll draw near to you. Ask and you’ll receive. Seek and you shall find. You see, we have to cooperate with God. We have to be engaged with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is an engine within us. We press in to take possession. You see, the woman that was healed in the Gospels that had the hemorrhage of blood coming from her, the healing didn’t just fall upon her while she was passively sitting on a rock somewhere. But she said, if I can just touch him, I’ll be healed. And that woman, beloved ones, get this now, because it’s a picture of the faith that we need to have to access the blessing, to access the victory, to enter into this parallel reality. This woman, beloved, she said, if I could just touch him, I’ll be healed. She pressed through the crowd. They told her to shut up, but she kept pressing in. She didn’t let anything stop her. She said, I’m going to touch him. Nothing’s going to deny me. And she pressed through the hindrance. And when she touched him, She was healed. Jesus turned around. He said, who touched me, Jesus? And we’re going to look at this in a little bit. For I felt the power go out from me. You see, Jesus didn’t even know who got healed. He just know that someone touched him. You know what Jesus said? He looked at the woman. He said, your faith has saved you. And so we talked about desire, and then we talked about faith, that in order to enter into this parallel world, this world that Jesus called eternal life in the kingdom of God, we have to exercise faith. We can’t just be sitting around waiting for a miracle and then wonder why we don’t feel anything, wonder why nothing’s happening. No, we need to believe because we believe that it’s real and that we can have it, and then we desire it, and then we press in And things start happening. The kingdom of God starts moving in our life and the Holy Spirit begins to engage us and he becomes a living, moving being within us. As we are engaged with him, we begin to sense and experience, beloved, the full power of the Holy Spirit moving and operating in our life.
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And so we’ve been talking about desire. And then we need faith. Faith comes when we believe we can have what God said we can have, which then fuels desire. And then when faith and desire begin to work together, something comes to the surface. There’s a point that arises, a focal point that we call in Hebrew kavanah. And we become very intentional. Kavanah means being intentional, to have intent. When we believe we can have what God says we can have and we, as a result, desire it, all of a sudden, Kavanah surfaces. And we begin to have intentfulness about what we’re doing with our life. And we begin to talk about how to be intentional. And to be intentional, we, first of all, want to focus on the Word of God. And I shared that. And then we want to focus, beloved, on what the Holy Spirit is intuitively just communicating to us. You know, those that are seeking Jesus, I want you to hear me for a second. If you truly are seeking Jesus, I want you to hear me. God is always speaking to you. If you are truly seeking Jesus, if you are really calling out to Him, if you are really passionately pursuing Him, I want you to hear me. God is always speaking back to you. It may not be audibly, but there’s always an internal intuition, a witness of the Holy Spirit on your heart that is coming to you. And so as you begin to sense it slowly, but more and more you begin to sense what God’s saying to you. And to enter into the kingdom, into this parallel reality, we need to be very intentional about being obedient. We need to be very intentional about being obedient to what the Holy Spirit is communicating to us. And he’s constantly communicating to us and he’s constantly enforcing or he’s constantly putting upon our heart and our mind new dimensions of truth and of the kingdom’s reality. Jesus said, when you pray, pray in this way. He said, pray, give me this day our daily bread. Our Father that art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. This is physical and spiritual, meaning that we always need to be being fed by something new in the Spirit every day because yesterday’s experience with God isn’t enough for today, right? We need something fresh with God today. If we’re going to stay excited, if we’re going to stay passionate, if we’re going to remain joyful, we’re going to need to be encountering newness of life in God today. And so when we’re really seeking God, Jesus is continuing to minister us every day. And as He does, He ministers to us about different things in our life that He’s wanting us to apply ourselves in as He’s discipling us. Did you know that the word disciple means to discipline? In other words, we’re disciples when we discipline ourselves to follow the path of Jesus. And so we’re talking about kavanah, being intentional, We need to be intentional about what the Holy Spirit is communicating to us, listen now, every day and at every season. And there’s different seasons in our life where the Holy Spirit is applying different truth in our life. In other words, I shared on last broadcast that for some of us, the Lord has been really enforcing on us that He wants us to bridle our mouth to make sure that nothing unwholesome comes out of our mouth, but only that which blesses. In other words, we don’t speak any complaining. We don’t speak any whining. We don’t speak any judgment. We don’t say anything bad about anybody or anything that isn’t necessary to discuss. We only speak that, the Bible says, that gives edification to the hearer. And the Bible says if we can control our tongue, we can control the direction of our whole life. Perhaps God has been speaking to you, some of you, about being very intentional about your mouth. Sometimes the Lord may be speaking to us about applying positive confession. In other words, our faith level will never rise above our confession. See, the Bible says in the book of Amos, chapter number three, verse three, how can two walk together unless they be in agreement? And if two can’t walk together unless they’re in agreement, how can you and I walk with God as Abraham walked with God, as David walked with God, as Enoch walked with God, as Jesus walked with God? How can we walk with God unless we’re in agreement with Him? How can two walk together in the book of Amos unless they’re in agreement? So in order for us to be in agreement with God, we have to be saying what God is saying. We can’t be saying something different than what God’s saying if we’re going to be walking in agreement with God. If we’re not walking in agreement with God, we can’t walk with God. And if we’re not walking with God, we’re not going to forcefully enter in to this alternate parallel reality of victory that I’m describing to you today. And so how do we Talk what God talks. How do we agree with God by saying what God’s saying? We agree, beloved ones, with His Word. We don’t confess lack and complain about what we don’t have. But instead we say, my God shall supply all my needs in Christ Jesus. We don’t confess want. We say, thank you, Jesus, that rivers of living water are flowing from my innermost being. We don’t confess weakness because the Bible says, be strong in the might of the Lord. We don’t confess defeat because the Bible says, I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me. You see, if we’re going to walk in agreement with God and enter into this parallel reality that’s a reality of strength and victory, we’ve got to be in agreement with God and be confessing what His Word says, not something different. Because if we say we believe God and then we begin to confess something different than what His Word says, we cancel our faith. And so maybe the Lord then has been speaking to some of you about this. I know He speaks to me about this and has been speaking to me about this. And so I apply it to my life. Listen, I’m very, get it now, intentional about it. The third principle that needs to be operating in our life to enter into this parallel reality into the dominion of King Jesus is this aspect of kavanah, which is the Hebrew word for being intentional. It’s kind of a mystical thing. But you see, when Jesus was touched by the woman with the hemorrhage, he literally felt the power go out from him. Let me read for you for a second to illustrate this. Luke 8, verse 45. It says, and Jesus said, who is the one who touched me? And while they were all denying it, Peter said, Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on you. But Jesus said, Someone did touch me, for I was aware that power had gone out from me. In other words, the disciples were saying, Lord, all kinds of people are touching and the people are pressing in on you. But Jesus realized there was someone that touched him. that didn’t just bump against him, as the disciples thought, because the crowd was bumping into him because it was so crowded. But Jesus realized that someone, get it, touched him with an intentfulness that this woman had in her heart. If I just touch him, I’ll be healed. And when she touched him, Bam, it drew something out of him. And he turned around, he said, who touched me? For I felt power go out from me. And then the woman identified herself, and he said, woman, your faith has saved you. Notice how her intention, and Jesus recognized her touch from all the other people around him that were touching him, because her touch was a focused, intentful touch, and it drew the kingdom of God. It drew the Father and the Son and the Spirit into her life, and it changed everything for her, just like it will for you, and just like it will for me. But notice that when this woman touched him, notice when the woman touched him, he literally felt the Spirit of God moving through his body into her. He said, I felt power leave me. That’s what he said there. Who touched me, for I felt power leave me. He literally felt the Ruach HaKadosh, the Holy Spirit, leave his body and flow into her. Now, it was still in his body, but he literally could feel the Spirit in his body. And I want to suggest to you That some of you are in a place in your life, and it’s because of your extreme sensitivity and your purity of your walk with God, some of you can literally sense to a degree the spiritual atmosphere around you. I know that I often can. That I can literally feel the Spirit of God in me, and I can feel the darkness outside of me, and the darkness ceases to suppress the Spirit. So there’s a focal point that I feel where I feel the Spirit in me, and I feel the focal point where the darkness outside of me is trying to suppress and press down the Spirit in me to keep God’s Spirit in me from fully being expressed. And so what I have to do is I have to warfare to be very intentful to focus on that place where I feel the war, where I feel the darkness pressing in and the Spirit of God wanting to come out. It’s a very uncomfortable place. I feel the pressing and it’s very uncomfortable. So what I have to do is I have to force myself to face that place. And then as I face it, what I do is I drive out the darkness. I push out the darkness literally by the Spirit of God so that the Spirit of God can more fully be released from me. It’s a war, and I have to be very intentful and focused because, again, where the darkness is trying to press in, where it’s trying to keep the spirit in me suppressed, the easiest thing to do is to turn from it so that I don’t feel it. Because to feel it is so uncomfortable, and I focus myself very intentfully on facing it, and in facing it and focusing on it, the darkness is expelled. I want to encourage you, if you’re in a state where you can experience that, to take my words to heart. Take this advice. Begin to get in touch with the Holy Spirit in you. And don’t run from what you’re feeling. Face what you’re feeling. Stand in the Spirit and drive out the darkness by facing it in the light. For some of you, I want you to be conscious of me. Listen, we’re talking about being intentful. Become more conscious of the spirit of peace that’s in you. See, beloved one, the peace that’s in you isn’t even dependent on your mind. Your mind can be in turmoil, and yet even if your mind’s in turmoil, you can feel peace in you. Focus on the peace in you. Be intentional about focusing on God’s peace that’s in you. And as you focus on His peace in you, you’ll become more conscious of the peace, and you’ll begin to feel more and more peaceful. I am so thankful that God is using my life to be a blessing to his people. And I wanted to share with you that not only are we spreading the gospel through television, radio, on the ground crusades, but we’re doing other things that you may not be aware of. For example, we are right now putting together one of the hugest initiatives that we’ve ever launched as a ministry. It’s called Awakening Israel, or the Israel Awakening, to reach Jewish people with the gospel. Because when there’s a mass of Jewish people, beloved one, that have been reached for Yeshua and have come to faith in him, that is going to usher in Messiah’s return. So I want to thank you for your financial support today. We need your financial support. So when you sow your finances into this ministry, there’s fruit here. I want to ask you today, would you help us? Because truly, my beloved friend, I can’t do it without you. That’s the truth. If you feel the Lord knocking on your heart, just leading you to Make an offering to Father God for the spreading of his kingdom through this ministry. The scripture says, don’t delay when the Holy Spirit’s speaking to you. That’s what we want to do, beloved. And you know what? There’s always a blessing for obedience. I love you. Thank you in advance for your support and shalom.
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Amen, and don’t delay if the Lord is stirring your heart to help us reach Israel and Jewish souls with the gospel. You can give online just by visiting our website, discoveringthejewishjesus.com, or give us a call. Our phone number is 800-777-7835. And friends, we’re really excited about what God is doing in this ministry. As Rabbi just shared, there is something wonderful that we’re working on behind the scenes. to reach Jewish souls on the ground in the Holy Land. The Bible tells us that King Jesus will not return until there’s a great cry from the Jewish people calling out for him. That’s why your support matters so much. In fact, we now have four churches on the ground under discovering the Jewish Jesus in Israel. And Rabbi’s heart is to keep building and planting the church in the Holy Land until the day that Jesus returns. So would you consider becoming a part of this mission? Help us reach Jewish people with the message of salvation. When you give or become a monthly partner, you’re not just donating, you’re preparing the earth. for Jesus’ return. So partner with us today at discoveringthejewishjesus.com. Now let’s wrap up today’s message with God’s sacred and special blessing. Rabbi?
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In the book of Numbers chapter six, we find a personal blessing from God our Father. This blessing should touch our hearts because it’s so personal. Father God wants to intimately bless you. So receive his blessing into your life today with gladness and an open heart.
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Shalom.
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The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with His countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, His peace. God bless you and shalom.
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I’m Dustin Roberts, and this program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. Join us again next time when Rabbi Schneider shares on discipline. If you don’t control your heart, he’ll control you. That’s Tuesday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
