In a world buzzing with distractions, this episode offers a soothing call to separate ourselves from worldly chaos to cultivate our spiritual journey. Through meditation on scripture and reflection on personal growth, we invite you to understand the importance of seeking God’s kingdom first. Discover the gifts of conviction and discipline offered by the Holy Spirit, guiding us toward a life that mirrors Enoch’s divine ascent. It’s a transformative path to harmony and spiritual fulfillment.
How could Enoch have just walked right up into the heavens? Beloved, I don’t know the answer to that. What I do know is that it’s prophetic. It’s a shadow, beloved, of the same walk and destiny that you and I have that are born again believers in Jesus. Indeed, beloved ones of the Father, hear the Word of God as I read from the book of Genesis, chapter number 5, verse number 23 and 24. So all the days of Enoch were 365 years, and Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Imagine he had such a close relationship with God. He walked in such union with the Father, beloved, that he just walked right up into the heavens. Beloved, this is the type of relationship that Messiah Jesus has destined us for. The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 2 that we’ve been made alive in Messiah and have been raised up with him and seated with him in the heavenly places just as Enoch was. You see, this story about Enoch, it seems hard to understand. How could that be? How could Enoch have just walked right up into the heavens? Beloved, I don’t know the answer to that. What I do know is that it’s prophetic. It’s a shadow, beloved, of the same walk and destiny that you and I have that are born again believers in Jesus. That’s where we’re going. Isn’t that exciting? I want to begin today by talking about this element of friendship that Enoch had with God. He walked with God. Beloved, think about Moses. The Lord said concerning Moses that when the Lord has a prophet, he’ll speak to the prophet in a vision or a dream. But not so with Moses. The Lord said he spoke to Moses faithfully. Face to face, even as a man speaketh to a friend. Beloved, Moses walked in fellowship and friendship with God. Enoch walked with such a tight relationship with Yeshua in the spirit that he ascended right up into heaven. How can you and I, beloved, walk in friendship with God? What in the reality is taking place in all our lives to different degrees is there’s this fight going on. Rather than walking in perfect union and in perfect friendship with God, there’s this striving going on. You see, the Bible tells us that the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit lusteth against the flesh. In other words, we’re cooperating with God, all of us, to different degrees. Some of us are cooperating with the Spirit of God much more so than others. But none of us are perfect. The Bible says, He that says he’s perfect is a liar. None of us are perfect. See, what the Lord wants to do, beloved, he wants to bring you and I to the place where there’s no more of a fight going on. There’s no more of a struggle going on in our lives between who’s going to be in control. Is he going to be in control? or are we going to be in control? God wants to bring us to the place, beloved, that we can walk with them in such fellowship and in such intimacy that there’s no more striving, he against us and us against him, but that we just merge together and we become like Enoch, beloved, and just ascend up with him in the spirit to enjoy that divine romance with them that he’s called and destined us for. And so we need to recognize that the Lord is in us, but we can grieve Him. If we’re more connected to the outer realm than to the Lord, if we’re more connected to people than to the Lord, if we’re more connected to our job than to the Lord, if we’re more connected to fear and worry than to the Lord, then there’s not going to be this peace inside. There’s not going to be this friendship. And we’re not going to be like Enoch that was able to ascend in the Lord and enjoy, beloved, that sweetness of fellowship that God has destined for all of us. And so I want you to understand, beloved, as I seek to understand myself, that the Lord’s purpose, beloved, It’s for he and us, beloved, to be able to dwell together in harmony and friendship. That’s what he said to Israel in Exodus chapter 25, right? He said, build me this tabernacle that I might what? Dwell with you. God wants to dwell with us. But how can two walk together, the scripture says, unless they be in agreement? So the Father wants to bring us into agreement with Him, that we can walk with Him and ascend in the Spirit. And beloved, in His presence, there’s fullness of joy. If we seek the Kingdom of God first, everything else shall be added unto us. Jesus said, if the Son shall make you free, you’ll be free indeed. You see, Jesus’ first miracle was changing the water to wine because joy is the portion we receive when we begin to walk with God in harmony. Jesus said, my joy I give, amen, to you. But some of you are thinking, he said, my joy I give to you. There’s no joy in your life. But, beloved, when you know Jesus, when you’re walking with Him in fellowship, beloved, then you’re going to ascend, hallelujah, in the Spirit to walk in fellowship and in victory with Him. But the only way we’re going to learn, beloved, how to walk in that harmony with Him, in friendship with Him, so that we’re abiding in Him, even as He’s abiding in us, so that He’s not striving with us and we’re not striving against Him, the only way we’re going to come to that place of walking in agreement with Him is when we cultivate, beloved, the reality that His Spirit is in us, as Paul said in Colossians, the mystery of the Gospel, Messiah, Jesus is in us, only then will we be able to become sensitive enough to the heart of the Spirit in us. Only then will we become sensitive enough to the directing of the Spirit in us. We have to separate ourself from everything that’s outside of us, beloved, to just sit before God and be alone with Him to develop a supernatural awareness, beloved, of His Spirit’s presence in us. We need to get separate from the world, all that’s in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. It’s not from the Father, it’s from the world. We need to say no to that to serve Jesus instead. The world gives quick satisfaction. The world gives quick thrills. But it’s always temporary, and it always ends in death. On the other hand, developing intimacy with the Lord takes a long time. It’s harder. But over time, beloved, it produces fullness and joy. God’s saying, if you want to develop intimacy with me, if you want me You need to be like Abraham that forgot everything else and sacrificed it all for me, including being willing to sacrifice his only son. We can’t do everything we want to do and take all that the world has to offer and then have Jesus too. That’s not God’s gospel. If we want Yeshua, beloved, we have to say no to the superficial lust of the flesh and the superficiality that comes with the pleasures of this life. We have to say no to those things to just lead a simple life, beloved, before the Lord. We’ve got to make that decision just to sit before Him, even when it seems like things are boring and that nothing’s happening. Because the Lord says, wait on the Lord and your strength will be renewed, even as the eagle that mounts up with its wings. Beloved, if we’re going to develop this intimacy with the Lord that Enoch had, do you think Enoch was always distracted with the internet and the television? Do you think he was distracted all the time with the, no. There was nothing going on. It was God and nature and maybe a few animals and a few human beings that he was in contact with. Beloved, he had time just to face God. And we’re living in a very dangerous time right now. Daniel talked about the end times before the anti-Messiah would be revealed. And he said it’s going to be a time on the earth where knowledge will have greatly increased. And we’re seeing this increase of knowledge today with all the technology and the incredible things that we can do in space and with computers, all kinds of technology. It’s mind boggling to me. Knowledge, Daniel said, will have increased We see it all over the earth. And he said, and people will be traveling to and fro. Beloved, we’re living in these last days before the anti-Messiah is revealed. And these days are dangerous because these days are days, beloved, that people are no longer able to discern what’s of God and what’s not of God. But if you and I, beloved, want to be able to have discernment, we need to disconnect from all the superficial demonic activity that’s going on around us to just sit. before the Lord so that He could develop a supernatural sensitivity within us, beloved, to discern the reality of His Spirit inside us and to be able to obey His directives, to be able to understand when the Holy Spirit is releasing us to make a move, to take an action, to speak a word. to be able to discern when the Holy Spirit inside us is giving us a check. It just doesn’t feel right. But many of you, many of us, we are so disconnected from the awareness of the Holy Spirit’s presence in us that we wouldn’t know whether the Holy Spirit was giving us a nudge and a directive to move forward or whether he was giving us a check because we’re not connected to him. We’re connected to the darkness. all the technologies and the pride of this life that’s outside of us. Beloved, you need to make a choice. Who will you serve?
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Will you serve the Lord? If your answer is, I’m going to serve the Lord, you need to disconnect in whatever way the Lord is telling you to from all that’s keeping you trapped and keeping you connected to the realm of darkness rather than to the Lord. Because the Lord said, all that’s in the world, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the boastful pride of life, it’s not from the Father. It’s from the world. Where’s the Father? The Father, beloved, is inside us. Yeshua said, the works that I do, he said, I don’t do. It’s the Father inside. in me that does the works. It’s the Spirit of God in us. The Spirit of God in us makes groanings too deep for words. Jesus said, the Spirit of God is with you and will be in you. Know ye not that ye are the temples of the Holy Spirit? So if we want to gain a supernatural ability, beloved, to walk with God like Enoch did, we need to separate ourself from the world to just spend time alone with God. Even as the Lord was showing me in that dream where it seemed like nothing was going on in that room, except that I was sitting across from that familiar friend that the Lord revealed to me was Jesus. And he was telling me, you just need to stay with it. We need to just say, God, I’m going to spend time every day with you now. I’m going to take an hour every day, Lord, just to sit before you, just to sit before you, Lord, asking you, will you show me, Father, that your spirit’s in me? You know, when you begin to practice this, when you say, you know what, Lord? That’s true. And he’s right. Let me tell you, for some of you, when you start doing this, it’s going to be so hard for you. You’re going to sit down. As soon as you sit down, you’re going to be so antsy. You’re going to want to run to that smartphone. You’re going to want to run to your computer. You’re going to want to run to make a phone call. That’s just evidence, beloved, of what a hold the enemy has on you. So don’t take that as anything other than saying, yeah, I do have a problem. I need to break this thing and stick with it. God will give you the power to stick with it. There’s nothing that you can’t do that God has for you that he won’t give you the power to do through his spirit. But it’s not going to be easy. The Bible says, he that overcomes will inherit these things. Jesus’ overcoming was so hard, the Bible says in the garden he was sweating drops of blood. So don’t expect it to be easy, right? Paul said, I fought the fight, I run the race, and now there’s laid up for me the crown of righteousness. He was shipwrecked, he went hungry, he went sleepless. Don’t expect that it’s going to be easy. Don’t expect that you’re always going to be living in great comfort. No, if you mean business with Jesus, prepare to be a soldier. And so I want to encourage you to take an hour a day if you’re not doing it yet just to sit before the Lord and develop patience and say, God, as I sit before you, all I’m asking you is for one thing. I want to learn how to be led by your spirit. I want to learn of the reality that your spirit is really in me, not just as a doctrine, but I want to know it. I want to experience it. I want to come into the reality of my relationship with you by the Holy Spirit. And then, beloved, as you’re sitting before the Lord, just practicing, don’t ask him for a million things and don’t feel obligated to pray for many things. Just say, Lord, I just present myself to you as I’m sitting before you. I need to be led by your spirit. I need to learn the reality that your spirit’s in me, that it’s real, that it’s scientific from the spiritual sense. So I’m just going to sit before you, Father, and I ask you just to make me aware of that one thing. Teach me that your spirit’s in me and teach me how to be led by your spirit in me. And beloved, don’t expect to feel all blissful. Don’t expect that there’s going to be all types of supernatural phenomenon that are going to begin to happen and then give up in two days because nothing seems to be happening. No, you just stick with it and be confident that the Lord is a rewarder, beloved, of those that diligently seek him. And as he sees you coming to offer yourself to him, as he sees your hunger, as he sees you separating yourself from the world to draw near to him, beloved, He will impart to you the revelation of the Holy Spirit and He’ll break the demonic bonds, beloved, that have been enslaving. But we need to stick with it because the Lord says He has no pleasure in he that shrinks back. So don’t, beloved, give up after a day. This is something that you don’t Try to see if you like it. This is something that you say, this is truth. And I’m going to spend the rest of my life seeking you. And I’m going to go from an hour a day to keep increasing it as my life goes on, to keep on seeking you, Father God, to grow. And as I grow, I’m going to get strength in crushing the devil’s power under me, treading upon demons and scorpions, arising in the power of Messiah Yeshua, being able to manifest the authority, the peace and the love of God. This is real. And it’s true, but we need to give ourselves to Him, beloved, just as He, hallelujah, has given Himself to us. And beloved, another phase of this becoming more aware of the Spirit within us is the area of allowing the Holy Spirit to show us in our life what we need to be cleansed of and what we need to be convicted of. You know, Yeshua spoke about the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Holy Spirit. And one of the things that Yeshua spoke of when He spoke of the gift of the Holy Spirit, He says, He will come, Yeshua said, concerning the gift of the Holy Spirit in John 14 and 16. And He said, and He will convict the world. And you think, wow, what is, is that a gift? Is conviction a gift? I mean, many of us hear the word convict, and rather than it feeling like a gift, you know, we kind of want to shield ourselves from it, you know? We’re kind of afraid of it. Uh-oh, conviction. But do you know that conviction, beloved, is actually a gift of the Father to us? Because as He convicts us of our sin, as He convicts us of evil, as He convicts us of demonic powers that need to be broken off our lives, He’s giving us the opportunity to come close to him, to free ourselves from these things. So conviction is a gift. It’s the same thing as when the Lord says he disciplines every son that he loves. And so we should welcome the conviction of the Holy Spirit. So, Father, right now, we ask you, Father, for conviction. We want to be convicted, Father, of those things in our life that are keeping us, Lord, from loving you. So, Lord Jesus, we ask you to wash us through your blood and by your spirit. And we ask you, Lord, to reveal to us those things in our nature and those things, Father God, in our lives, in our attitudes, Father God, and in our heart that need to be broken and those things that are keeping us, Father, from deeper fellowship with you. And so when the Holy Spirit begins to show us things in our life, beloved, that need to change, don’t make excuses. Don’t say, yeah, but it was his fault. Don’t say, yeah, but she did that to me. Don’t say, yeah, but it’s the boss’s or the company’s fault. Don’t blame the president. Don’t blame the governor. Don’t blame your pastor. Don’t blame your parents. Just say, yes, Lord, you’re right. Please forgive me, Father God, and cleanse me, God. Wash me by the blood of Jesus. You are right, Holy Spirit. I want to walk with you in harmony and victory. See, the Bible says if we can confess our sins, he’s faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness. So first we sit before him. God, help me to be aware that your spirit’s in me. Help me to become aware, conscious, Lord, of when your spirit is leading me to take a step, to make a phone call, to speak a word, to take an action. And help me, Lord, to become sensitive to the nudge, to the prompting of your spirit. His spirit bears witness with our spirit. And Father, also help me to mind the checks. And when your Spirit is telling me no, when I want to go eat something that I shouldn’t eat, when I want to go make a phone call that I shouldn’t make, when I want to say something that you’re leading me not to say and your Spirit is trying to tell me no, help me to become sensitive enough, Father God, and aware enough of your Spirit in me to be able to sense your Spirit’s check in me, Father God, and to abide and to say, yes, Lord. Help me to obey you, Holy Spirit. Help me to pick up my cross and deny my flesh and obey you. Father God, we want to walk with you like Enoch walked with you. Father, I thank you that you call us to the same destiny as Enoch. You’ve called us to be just like Enoch, Father God, that walked with you and were taken with you into the heavenly places. Father, we love you today. And Father, we want to make the most of this life. Father, we want to make the most of this life by seeking to love you every day. Father, we ask you to strengthen us to love you. Father, we ask you to strengthen us by your Spirit to obey you. Father, I ask you for fire and for ash. I ask you for conviction for those that need to be convicted. I ask there to be permanent change, Lord, for your harvest, Lord Jesus, and for your glory to the Holy Spirit. Beloved, week by week, I’m committed to accurately preaching and teaching the Word of God. Those of you that have been following my ministry for a while, note that I oftentimes go through whole books of the Bible, line by line, simply teaching and preaching God’s Word. You know, there aren’t a whole lot of people left that are teaching and preaching this way. There’s a lot of motivational sermons and so on. But to simply teach God’s Word, beloved, it’s becoming rare and rare. I want to encourage you, if you’re being blessed by this ministry, to financially support us. We are going all over the world through broadcasting and on the ground outreaches, teaching God’s Word. 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In the Old Testament book of Numbers, we find a blessing God speaks over His children through Moses and Aaron. It carries the idea of favor and expression. Open your heart to the Spirit and the Word today and receive Father’s goodness into your life with confidence.
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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This program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. And I’m your host, Dustin Roberts. Come back next week when Rabbi Schneider reveals God’s desire to dwell with you personally. That’s coming up Monday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
