Join Rabbi Schneider as he unravels powerful principles from the Hebrew Scriptures that can influence the battles we face today. Delve into the inspiring story of David, who overcame adversities through faith and action. Explore how aligning with spiritual principles can lead to a breakthrough that transforms every aspect of your life, from emotional to psychological and beyond.
You need to get mad at the devil because for some of you, until you get mad, you’re not going to get glad. And when you get strong, then you’ll be happy. God bless you and Shalom Yedidim, beloved ones. I want you to know this message that I’m sharing with you is an overflow of my own life and my own experience. It’s not just a message that I prepared. It really is a personal overflow and bubbling up of what God is doing in my life personally. I want you to hear me today. There are certain things that when we align ourselves to certain principles in the spirit, when we’re in alignment with them, we’re going to get breakthrough in our life. And we’re looking today into the scriptures, into the Hebrew prophets to discover some of the principles that need to be operative in our life if we’re going to get breakthrough in the spirit, which is going to result in emotional breakthrough, psychological breakthrough, and breakthrough that will touch, listen to me, every area of our life. Years ago, as I’ve been sharing with you, the Lord spoke to me and He said to me, from this day forward, I’m going to give you eyes to see into the Hebrew Bible and to be able to make modern day principle application for my people today. In other words, Even though the scriptures may have been written 3,500 years ago, 2,500 years ago, God’s saying, I’m going to give you eyes to see the principles of the Spirit in these scriptures and be able to make prophetic application for the church today. And so that’s what’s going to be happening. We’re going to be looking now. into the book of 2 Samuel, chapter number 5. And we’re going to be looking at what happened when the Philistines attacked David, how David responded, and how he got breakthrough. Now, quick, quick review. David is anointed king. As soon as he’s anointed king, he’s attacked by the Philistines. The principal application was when you’re anointed, when you’re moving forward in the spirit, you will face supernatural resistance. It’s like the law of gravity. It’s just that simple. When you’re moving forward in the spirit, when you’re moving forward in the anointing, expect the devil to resist you and try to attack you. We saw that the devil attacked David multidimensionally. The enemy surrounded him. Let’s press on now and see what David did. David, first of all, when he realized he was under attack, he went down into the stronghold, which is in Hebrew, metzudah. It’s a place of defense, a castle. And he did something. He responded to the attack. He responded to the enemy. He wasn’t passive. We talked about how when you and I respond actively and aggressively to the enemy, we have the power to dispel him. But if we’re passive and just say, I’m under attack, he’ll continue to beat us up. I talked about some of the things that we can do to get active, responding to the enemy and dispelling his powers. Let’s inquire there in verse number 19 and see what the Lord did. Verse 19, David’s in the stronghold now. He responds to the enemy by digging deep into God. He goes into the stronghold, the Hebrew word metzudah, castle, place of defense. And then in verse 19, then David… And I talked last time about the fact that David was clinging to God. He didn’t just rush in to attack the Philistines, but he had fear of going in himself. In other words, like Moses that said, unless you go with me, I won’t go. David had enough wisdom to realize that unless God went before him, unless God was with him, he wouldn’t succeed. But too many of you, Make all kinds of decisions in your life without first consulting God. You go forward in making financial decisions, decisions about who to marry, decisions about who to date, decisions about what job to take without, first of all, going into the stronghold, going into a place of sitting before God, opening your heart up to him, praying, waiting on him, becoming dependent on him, and then obeying him. Instead, what too many are doing is they’re just going about life, living in the flesh, making decisions on their own without adequately clinging to the Lord. You see, David was successful because he had, once again, enough fear of the Lord to realize that if he didn’t cling to God, he was going to be defeated. I feel the same way in my life. I guess I’ve been broken enough to realize that unless God is with me, I don’t want to go. So a principle that we see, David clung to God. He said, shall I go? Now let’s see what happens next. God says to him in verse 19, go up. for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” You see, you don’t have to wonder whether you’ll be victorious in life. If you cling to God, you will be victorious. God said to David, yes, go up. I’m going to give the enemy into your hands. The Scripture, beloved one, says the same thing to all of God’s children. We’re more than conquerors. Greater is he that’s in us than he that’s in the world. Though no matter what we face in life, we’ll overwhelmingly win. That even as the grave and death and the forces of darkness couldn’t hold Jesus down, but rather he came back to life, ascended up to the grave, ascended through all the powers of darkness and hell, and is now seated at the right hand of God. So that same power that raised him is at work in your life and my life, and we’ll experience that. when we cling to God. You see, Paul said, when I’m weak, then I’m strong. God says, for my power will be perfected in your weakness. In other words, when we cling to God, we receive from God. And when we receive from him, we arise and we conquer. David then. clings to God, and God empowers him and says, go. Now, this is where it gets really interesting. The Lord says, go. I will surely give the enemy into your hand. Now, listen. So David came to Baal-perazim, listen now, and defeated them there. And he said, the Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters. Therefore, he named that place Baal-perazim, which means master of breakthrough. Now, I want you to get this. David now breaks out into victory. Now I’m going to go to the parallel passage here. Parallel passage, I’m going now to the book of Chronicles, chapter 14, verse 11. And in the book of 1 Chronicles, chapter 14, we have the parallel account in the book of Chronicles of what we’re reading about now in the book of Samuel. But we have an additional detail here. in 1 Chronicles 14, verse 11. Again, it’s the same exact account that’s being recorded. Listen to what we read in the book of 1 Chronicles 14, verse 11. So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And David said… God has broken through my enemies by my hand. David said, God has broken through my enemies by my hand, David said, speaking of his own hand like the breakthrough of waters. What’s the point, children of God? The point is this. That God didn’t just defeat the Philistines without David’s involvement. But David said, God has broken through my enemies and defeated them by my hand. You see, too many of God’s children are just waiting for God to defeat their enemies. But God isn’t going to defeat your enemies apart from you. He’s going to defeat your enemies, largely beloved ones, through you. You see, we have to get aggressive. We have to go on the attack. David attacked the enemy. God said, go up and attack them. Then David attacked them, listen, in his flesh. When I mean in his flesh, I’m talking about he was in his body. I’m not talking about the spiritual difference between the flesh and the spirit. I’m talking about clothed in humanity. David physically went up against the enemy and God gave him victory. And David said, God has broken through my enemies, listen now, by my hand. You got to do something. You got to take authority. Listen, you got to get mad in order to get glad. The devil’s not going to go away until you, my friend, make him go away.
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David defeated his enemies by his own hand. You’re listening to Discovering the Jewish Jesus with Rabbi Schneider, and he’ll be right back. But first, did you know that this program is available in Hebrew, Russian and Spanish? If you know somebody who speaks one of these languages, now’s your chance to share the blessing. To access the language version that’s right for them, just go to discoveringthejewishjesus.com and click the watch forward slash listen tab and choose an available alternate language channel right there. Go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation. We take that command very seriously. Through our online media platforms, TV, radio, and overseas festivals, we’re sharing the truth of the gospel with people of all different nations, tribes, and tongues. And if the Lord has put a Would you please give financially today at discoveringthejewishjesus.com. And now back to the second half of today’s lesson.
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I want to tell you a story that hopefully will help you understand where I’m coming from with this. As I’ve shared in times past, I was a very committed athlete growing up. I wrestled all through school and got a small scholarship to college, as I’ve said before. But I learned a lesson in my time of wrestling. Let me tell you what I learned that applies to what we’re sharing right now in principle. You see, first of all, I thought God was going to make me stay champ because I thought that I worked harder than anybody else. In other words, I always had a very simple faith in God. I didn’t believe in Jesus back then. I didn’t know Jesus, but I believed in God. It was a very simple faith. And I said, God, I’m working harder than anybody else to be state champ. And I thought, since I’m working harder than anybody else, I said, Lord, I deserve to be the best. I deserve to be state champ because I work harder than anybody else. That was my logical, you know, naive way of thinking. And so I was just expecting that God was going to make me state champ because I had worked harder than anybody else. But yet what I found was that I wasn’t winning as much as I should be winning. And then the story continues. Wrestling consists of Three two-minute periods. From the time I was a freshman in high school in ninth grade all the way through I was a senior in high school, I can only remember one time being behind at the end of the first round. In other words, every single time I would go out there, resting for the first two minutes, and at the end of the two minutes, because they always take a break between each period, at the end of that first period, I was always ahead. I can only remember once in four years that I wasn’t ahead at the end of the first round. But looking back on it, let me tell you what happened. I realized that after I got ahead after the first round, rather than wrestling aggressively, like we’re talking about today, David went in with his own hand against his enemies. Once I got ahead after the end of the first round, I started wrestling passively and defensively, psychologically thinking, now I’m ahead. I just got to hang on to my lead. So rather than wrestling to win anymore aggressively, I was now wrestling defensively, just trying to hang on to the lead that I had. And even though I was ahead every single time with one exception at the end of the first round, I was only winning about 50% of my matches. So one day I have a wrestling match. Now the kid that I was wrestling, I had already wrestled many times before because this kid, his school used to come up to my school. The bus from the other wrestling team would drive their wrestlers down to our school and we would just wrestle each other, not in a real match where there was a referee, but just to train during the week. So I was wrestling this kid and he literally was no competition for me at all. I wrestled him many times. I want you to know when I say this to you, I’m really just being very genuine. He felt to me like a wet noodle. I mean, I could… throw him around. I could manhandle him. It was no contest. I mean, I literally just manhandled this kid. He was no contest for me every single time that I practiced with him, that we scrimmaged with him. But then the day came that we had a real match against this school. So what happens? The match starts. I go out. I put him on the ground. I’m destroying at the end of the first period my head significantly. Then what did I do? I started thinking to myself, you know what? I’m ahead now, so now just hang on to your lead so you don’t lose. What ended up happening? I lost. And when that happened, I got so disgusted with my attitude that I was wrestling like this. I thought, how in the world did you lose to him? You’re so much better than him. And I realized what I was doing. And so what happened was the next night, I had another wrestling match against a very high caliber wrestler. But this time, I was so mad at myself and so mad at the thoughts that had stopped me from winning that I went out and I beat this very high caliber wrestler. But here’s what happened. That day became a breakthrough for me when I got mad at the attitude that caused me to lose. I realized what I was doing. Finally, I had revelation. I got mad at that attitude. I broke it off me. I said, I’m never going to do that again. From now on, I’m never going to fear losing. I’m going to go out to win, not just the first period, but the second period and the third period. And from that day on, from the day I got mad and broke off that fear and began to wrestle aggressively for the entire six minutes, from that day on, I got breakthrough and began to win consistently. You see, the point is, beloved, that you need to get mad. You need to get mad at these thoughts that are defeating you. You need to get mad at these self-defeating thoughts. You need to get mad at the devil, because for some of you, until you get mad, you’re not going to get glad. And when you get strong, then you’ll be happy. You see, David said, I broke through my enemy by my hand. He said the Lord was the one that gave him the victory. But David said it was by my hand. You see, David was out there with this sword. David was out there fighting. David was out there fully engaged and it took that in order for him to get breakthrough. Some of you are too weak to get mad. God wants to strengthen you so you can get mad. Jesus hates the works of the devil and he hates the works of the devil that are coming against you. And he wants to strengthen you so that you, like David, can break through your enemy by your hand. Again, God’s not going to do it apart from you. So often he’s going to do it, beloved one, listen to me, through you. A principle, a breakthrough is to realize that until we get mad at the devil, until we get mad at those thoughts that are keeping us bound, until we get mad at the thoughts that are keeping us trapped in mediocrity, until we reject those thoughts that are causing us to feel far away from God, until we get mad at where we are, we’re never going to go forward to where we can be. Until we get mad at the strongholds that are stopping us from breakthrough, we’re not going to get the breakthrough. You’re going to get breakthrough by your hand as the Lord strengthens you to tear down the enemy. Beloved, there is no other way. There is no other way. Don’t be trapped in religion. Don’t be trapped in doing the pretty things that the church makes us think we need to do and to be and the way to act. No, the devil keeps Christians weak by trapping them. The devil makes people think that if you get mad, you’re not a Christian. Isn’t that the lie that the devil uses against God’s people? How can you call yourself a Christian when you lost your temper? Let me ask you this question. You think Jesus ever lost his temper? You think Jesus was mad when he turned over the table of the money changers? Let me tell you, he was mad. And when he comes back from heaven on his white horse with eyes as a flame of fire, he is mad at sin. He’s mad at the devil. He’s mad at the works of darkness. And he’s going to destroy them all. They’ll all be destroyed in God’s wrath. Beloved ones, there’s a time to get mad. The scripture continues on there. that David called that place where he defeated the Philistines, where he defeated the enemy, the master of breakthrough. Baal-perazim means the master of breakthrough. You know, it’s interesting that after David got the breakthrough, it wasn’t the end of the story because you know what? It says in verse number 22, Now, the Philistines came up once again. You see, even after David defeated them, the Philistines still came again to try to attack David. The point is, beloved, we’re going to be in a battle our entire lives. You will have victory. You can get the victory. But don’t think you’re ever going to be on the beach for the rest of your life. We’re going to be fighting our whole lives. Paul got to the very end of his life. And what did he say? He said, now I have fought the fight. Now I have run the race. And so Paul got to the very end of his life still fighting the fight to faith. You’re a winner. You’re a victor. You’re going to keep getting victory. You’re going to keep ascending. You’re going to go from one level to the other level. But you’ve got to be engaged. You got to be mad at the powers of Satan that are out to steal and kill and destroy. Beloved, I just want to pray for you right now for impartation, that you would be strengthened to get mad at the demonic thoughts that are keeping you bound, that you’ll tear down every stronghold that’s blinding you and preventing you from greater entrance into the fullness that God has for you. Father God, in Jesus name, I thank you right now for your spirit, for your truth and for your word. And we ask that, Father, that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead would strengthen us right now in our inner man, that we would rise up, that we’d get mad at what we should be mad at so we can tear down the powers of darkness and get breakthrough for your glory. Jesus, strengthen your people. Jesus, you’re the one with eyes as a flame of fire and with a two-edged sword coming from your mouth. Strengthen us, Jesus, with your ferocious spirit against darkness. Jesus, cause us to hate Satan the way you hate Satan. Cause us, Jesus, to hate what you hate, to love what you love, King Jesus, and to hate what you hate, that we might be fully fortified against the forces of darkness. Father, I speak activation into the hearts and souls of your people that they might move forward in the Spirit of God and conquer for you in Jesus’ name. Beloved, Discovering the Jewish Jesus has some very specific strategies about how we’re going to be reaching Jewish people living in the land of Israel in the years ahead. I want to ask you to financially sow into this ministry so that I can accomplish all that God has given me to do. It’s always cost money, beloved ones, to spread the gospel. When the Lord told Moses to build the tabernacle, the first thing the Lord told Moses to do was to raise a contribution from amongst the people so that Moses would have the resources that he needed to build the Mishkan, which is the Hebrew word for tabernacle. The same truth holds today. It costs money, beloved, to spread the gospel, whether it’s through television, radio, even social media costs money. I can’t do it without you. I want to ask you, would you partner with God? Would you partner with me? Would you partner with Discovering the Jewish Jesus and make a significant, the best you can, financial contribution to this ministry? Through your financial help and prayers, we’re going to continue to reach Jewish people with the gospel, both in Israel and all over the globe. I’m asking you now, would you help us, beloved,
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In the book of Numbers, chapter 6, 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.
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. Be sure to come back next week when Rabbi Schneider reveals how God’s mercy and judgment affect you. That’s Monday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
