Join us as Rabbi Schneider guides us through the transformative journey of moving from anxiety to authority. This discussion highlights essential biblical teachings that illuminate God’s ultimate protection from fear, reminding us of His unwavering presence. Learn how to identify the deceptive visualizations Satan places into your heart and mind, substituting them instead with God’s truth, and how Psalm 91 serves as a fortress of divine protection in our daily lives.
Hello and welcome to Discovering the Jewish Jesus. I’m your host, Dustin Roberts, and today Rabbi Schneider explores how you can break free from fear’s grip once and for all. What if the very thing that you’re most afraid of is keeping you from God’s protection? That’s Rabbi Schneider’s topic today. He’s going to explore the timeless promises of Psalm 91, and we’re going to see how we can move from anxiety to authority and from worry to warfare. You can learn more about this ministry by going online to our website, discoveringthejewishjesus.com. That’s discoveringthejewishjesus.com. And right now, let’s begin. Here’s Rabbi Schneider.
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Beloved, most of us struggle with fear in our lives. The reason that we struggle with fear is because it’s Satan’s chief weapon against the redeemed. In fact, the first thing that Adam said after he fell into sin was, I was afraid, in Genesis chapter 3, verse 9 and 10. Satan is continually dogging us with fear. And the only way, beloved, to get fear off our lives is to face it and to crush it under our feet. Father, we pray that you will strengthen us by your Holy Spirit, Father, to take a hold of Yeshua, to take a hold of faith, to rise up, Father God, with the armor of God on and as warriors. And that, Father God, we will overcome fear in Yeshua’s name. Did you know that in the book of Revelation, chapter number 21, verse 8, Yeshua actually said that hell was for the fearful? Let me read that to you. The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of the Lord, hallelujah, bless his name, abides forever. I’m reading now from the word of God, Revelation, chapter 21, verse 7. Yeshua says in verse 7, He who overcomes shall inherit these things and I will be his God and he will be my son. And Yeshua is talking about all the different things that await those that enter into heaven, that they’re going to sit down with him and experience his presence and be in the Lord’s heaven and exist in the peace of God and the bliss of God forever. So Jesus is he that overcomes. will inherit these things. So first he’s speaking of the one that overcomes and the blessing they’ll receive. But notice what he says in the next verse, verse number 8. But for the cowardly and unbelieving… Remember, we got done in our last broadcast, the Lord said to Joshua in chapter 1, verse 9, the Lord said… Be courageous, right? Do not be afraid, but be strong and courageous. This is God’s words to us. Don’t be afraid. Be strong and courageous, Joshua 1, 9. But listen to what Jesus says here about those that go to hell. Revelation chapter 21, verse 8. But for the cowardly… and the unbelieving,” and then he goes on to say, “…their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” Now, this is really powerful because we oftentimes don’t really think of being afraid as sinning. We look at someone that is committing gross sin and we identify that person’s really trapped in sin. And yet here we are living in fear and we don’t recognize what a great sin it is against God to live in fear. And yet Jesus says that hell is for the fearful and unbelieving. Now for some of you, you got even more afraid because you think, oh man, I’m fearing all the time. I’m going to hell. Listen, I’m not trying to make you more afraid. I’m not trying to add fear to your fear. I’m not talking about perfection. What I’m trying to do, beloved one of the Lord, is to help you understand that you and I must declare war on fear, that if you and I are going to walk with God, if you and I are going to please God, we must overcome fear and bless the Lord. We can do this in him. Let’s pray right now. We need the Lord’s help. We need the Lord’s grace. So, Father God, we bless you. And Father, we need your help to overcome fear. Father, your word says that we can overcome fear with faith. You said that he that’s born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. You also told us, Father, that faith is a gift from God. So we ask you, Father, to strengthen us with your Holy Spirit. Father, strengthen us with the Holy Spirit and with fire that we might arise, God, and break the shackles of fear off our life, exercising faith in the truth in you, in your love for us, and in your divine activity and protection that surrounds our life. So, Father, we look to you today for help. We need help. Father, we know as you look down upon us right now, as you’re looking upon your people, you see us, Father God, struggling in fear. You see us, Lord, being tormented by the devil, dogged by fears. But Father, we know that it’s your desire for us to stand up and trample the power of the enemy under our feet. So we ask you for power for the Holy Spirit. Strengthen us, Father God, in the love of the truth and in the love of God that we would rise up and cast off the devil because your love says that perfect love casteth off evil. So, Father, we bless you today. Strengthen us, we ask, even as you said to Joshua, be strong and courageous. We ask you to strengthen us, Father God, in Yeshua’s name. Amen. And amen and amen. No fewer than 100 times the Lord tells us throughout the Word of God, do not be afraid. And yet when we look around, there’s real danger outside of the Lord. We look around, beloved, and we see car accidents on the road. We fear for our children’s and grandchildren’s life. We see nuclear reactors leaking. We hear of the threat of financial collapse. We are of diseases in our foods and strokes and heart attacks and all manners of sicknesses. We look around, beloved, and it seems that danger lurks on every side. Some of you are afraid of growing old and ending up in a nursing home. And you ask yourself, well, why shouldn’t I be afraid? Aren’t these things happening to other people? Why won’t they happen to me? I’m going to tell you, beloved, even though a thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, the Lord says, I don’t want you to be afraid because I am with you. I remember deeply struggling with fear and I still struggle with fear. I still am overcoming. But praise the Lord, I’m a lot more free now than I used to be. But I remember several years ago, I was really struggling with fear. And then I read Psalm 91. I’m going to read it in a second. And Psalm 91 speaks of God’s divine protection. And the Lord goes on and on encouraging us that no matter what is happening around us to not be afraid. But I looked around. I said, but Lord, all these things are happening to other people. Father, I even see some of these things that I’m afraid of happening to people that say they know you and love you. So if I’m seeing all these things that I’m afraid of happening all around me in the world, even to some of those that say they love you, how can I have confidence in you, Lord? How can I trust you? Because it seems like people aren’t being protected by you. And I was in the study one day and I said, Lord, if Psalm 91 is really for me, I said, if I can really trust you that you will do for me what Psalm number 91 says you’ll do for me, I’m going to go out to where my Bible is and I’m just going to open up my Bible. And if when I open up my Bible, get this indeed, beloved ones, I open up to Psalm 91, that I’m going to know, Father, that you’re giving me Psalm number 91 and you want me to take a hold of it and believe that it’s for me. And so, beloved, you know the story. I went out to where my Bible was under my chair, and I just opened it up randomly. And guess what I opened it up to, beloved? Psalm number 91. And I want to encourage you now, even as the Lord gave Psalm number 91 to me, I want to encourage you now to claim Psalm number 91 for yourself as you love the Lord and cling to Him. We’re talking about overcoming fear. How do we overcome fear? We overcome fear, beloved, by exercising faith in the word of God. The thing that sets us free is truth. Jesus said, you shall know the truth in John 8 and the truth shall set you free. You see, fear comes when Satan puts false pictures of reality into our minds. Nowhere in those pictures is God. He’s showing you, beloved, what your life would be if God wasn’t with you. But hallelujah, God is with you. That’s why Jesus said, I’m not going to leave you as an orphan. I’m going to come to you. I’m going to be with you even to the end. So these pictures that Satan shows us that make us afraid, they’re lies. They’re devoid of God’s presence. They’re devoid of God’s help. They’re devoid of God’s love. It’s Satan lying to us. And the way to overcome these false promises Pictures of reality that Satan injects into our heart and mind is through the word of God and exercising faith in it. Now listen to what Psalm number 91 says. I encourage you to memorize this and begin to claim it for yourself. Listen, beloved, we have to take a hold of the Lord. If we love God, we must overcome fear. Because listen, when we are living in fear, we’re actually bowing down to Satan. You know, when the king said to Daniel, if you don’t worship this golden image, I’m going to cast you into the fiery furnace. Daniel said, my God is able to deliver me. But even if he doesn’t, O king, I am not going to bow down to your image. Daniel made up his mind to resist fear. And you and I, beloved, must make up our minds to resist fear as well.
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You’re listening to Discovering the Jewish Jesus with Rabbi Schneider. He’s going to be right back. But first I want to let you know that you can watch full episodes of Discovering the Jewish Jesus on Roku television. We have episodes that are filmed in the Holy Land and outreach events from Nigeria and Gulu, Uganda, all sorts of places. Every episode is available to help deepen your understanding of scripture and the Jewish roots of your faith. So search for Discovering the Jewish Jesus on Roku today. At Discovering the Jewish Jesus, we are looking for like-minded people who are ready to partner with us. If you’re sensing the Lord leading you to offer a financial gift of support, would you please contact us today? Become a monthly partner. Go to discoveringthejewishjesus.com. or to give a gift of any amount today, just call 800-777-7835. That’s 800-777-7835. And now here’s Rabbi Schneider with the rest of today’s message.
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Now, here’s Psalm 91. It’s for your life. Let’s take a hold of it. Father God, we pray. I pray for every child of yours that’s listening right now. I pray, Father, for the one that’s listening right now that doesn’t yet know you, but will become your child. I pray that you will, Father, strengthen us with faith in the truth in Yeshua’s name. For your glory, Lord. Amen and amen. Hear the word of God. Psalm number 91. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. In other words, if we dwell, if we cling to the Lord, if we’re depending on the Lord, if we’re not walking proudly, if we’re not walking in self-will, but if we’re walking humbly, depending upon the Lord, realizing that if we’re not depending on the Lord, we are vulnerable. The Lord is saying here, if you’re living under my shadow, you’re going to be protected. So this is very important to walk in God’s protection. We need to be depending on him and clinging to him, recognizing that without his protection, beloved, we’re a bullseye for the enemy. Hear the word of God again. He who dwells in the shelter, so we need to be looking to the Lord to dwell in his shelter, not proud, realizing we need his protection. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, we ask you for your protection now, Lord, will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. And so we’re going to be coming under his protection and covering. Verse number two, I will say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress. We’re saying, God, you are my protector. You are the one that protects me and gives me a refuge from the enemy. And you put a fortress around me so the enemy can’t touch me. I will say to the Lord, my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Notice this is not a passive faith. This is an aggressive faith. The Lord said to Joshua, be strong and courageous. This is not passivity. He’s making a declaration. I will trust in the Lord. You and I need to come out of passivity, beloved, and we need to make a declaration by the Holy Spirit in faith. Lord, I’m going to trust you. I make up my mind, Father God, to stop betraying you. I make up my mind to love you. I make up my mind to take my stand with you. I’m going to trust you. And so he says here, I will say of the Lord, my God in whom I trust. Verse number three, for it is he who delivers you from the snare of the trapper. Yes, there are things to be afraid of, but the Lord here is the one that is showing himself as our deliverer. For it is he who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence. Yes, there are dangers all around us. There are real dangers, there are real threats, but we have a God that’s our fortress and our refuge and he’s going to deliver us. Continuing in verse number four, he will cover you with his pinions. He’s going to protect you. He’s going to cover you. And under his wings, you may seek refuge. You can be safe. Just like Yeshua. Remember, they were on the boat. They were terrified at the waves. We’re going to look at this a little bit later. But Jesus was on the boat. So they were OK. And that’s what we’re seeing right here. Under his wings, you may seek refuge. His faithfulness. is a shield and bulwark. God’s faithfulness. Listen to that again. His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. I love that. The faithfulness of God. Oh, God, my father, there is no shadow of turning with thee. The faithfulness of God. Father, we love you. We worship you, Father God. Thank you for your faithfulness to us. There’s no shadow or turning with it. Every day is the same. He’s always faithful. Always faithful. He’ll never leave us or forsake us. Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness. That’s our anchor, not our faithfulness, his faithfulness. His faithfulness, verse number four, is a shield and a bulwark. Listen to verse number five. The Lord is speaking now. You will not be afraid of the terror by night. We shouldn’t have to sleep, beloved, with the light on in our room. God can deliver us from anxiety. God can deliver us from fear. Better yet, He wants to and He will. He’ll help you. You will not be afraid of the terror by night or of the arrow that flies by day. What are you afraid of and what am I afraid of in the daytime? car accidents for our children’s lives, poison, whatever it is. God says, I want you to combat the fear with faith. And so the Lord says, whatever you’re afraid of. Some of you have inordinate fears of getting sick, inordinate fears of diseases. You’re hypochondriacs. Every time you hear of a sickness, you think you got it. You go on the computer, you start researching the sickness, pretty soon you got it. You got this, you got this. Yeah, you made yourself sick. The Lord says, don’t be afraid of the terror by night. Don’t be afraid of the arrow that flies by day. Verse number six, or of the pestilence that stalks in darkness or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. This covers every imaginable fear. God’s word is the same. Do not be afraid. I love verse seven. Because we look around and we say, but Lord, it’s happening to everybody else. So if it’s happening to everybody else, how can I not be afraid? I mean, how do I know it won’t happen to me? Look what verse number seven says, Psalm 91. A thousand may fall at your side and 10,000 at your right hand, but it shall not approach you. Now, we’re going to take a hold of the Lord. The Lord said, yeah, it is happening all over. In fact, it’s going to happen to a thousand at your side, he said, and 10,000 at your right hand. It’s happening all over, but it’s not going to touch you. Let me read it again. A thousand may fall at your side and 10,000 of your right hand, but it shall not approach you. You will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. Boy, why is this? Listen. For you have made the Lord your In other words, because you made me your God, because you took shelter under my wings, because you clung to me, because you exercised faith in me, you’re going to be protected for all of it. You’ll only look on in verse number eight with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. For you have made the Lord my refuge, even the Most High. your dwelling place. Beloved, if we’ll learn to fear God and no other, we’re going to be safe. Remember, Jesus said, don’t fear a man that can kill the body. Don’t fear anything on earth. Hell’s for the fearful and unbelieving. You exercise faith in God. No evil will befall you, verse number 10, nor will any plague come near your tent. Are you afraid for your family? Let’s believe God for our families. Let’s believe the Lord to protect our children. Let’s believe the Lord to lead our children to marry the right person. Let’s believe the Lord to protect our finances. Let’s believe the Lord to protect us on the road. Let’s believe the Lord to be with us in our old age. Let’s believe the Lord to sustain us in every realm, in every area, at every time in our life. And this will bring him praise and delight his heart because it shows that we have faith that he’s a loving God, that he is who he says he is, that he will be with us, that he won’t forsake us, that he’s going to bless us and show his grace to us. Hallelujah. And loving kindness all the days of our life. Verse number 10. Because you’ve made the Lord your refuge. Even the most high your dwelling, listen to verse number 10, no evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent. Verse number 11, Satan quoted it and tried to misuse it to try to get Yeshua to sin. But Satan quoted this to try to deceive Jesus. Satan can take scriptures too and misuse them. Satan said to Jesus, for he will give his angels charge concerning you to guard you in all your ways, trying to get Yeshua to cast himself off the cliff. But the point of the matter is, the Lord does give his angels charge over us. And you and I don’t realize how many times we’ve been on the road and the Lord has protected us through an angel. We don’t realize how many times Satan has tried to enter our lives and the Lord has protected us through an angel. So, Father God, we just want to bless you today. Lord Jesus, we just want to bless you today. We want to thank you and give you honor for your protection on our life. We want to thank you, Father God, for your protection and the fact that you’re with us, going before us, acting in the circumstances of our life. And Father, we ask you to forgive us for sin. We ask you to forgive us for not believing in your love for us. We ask you to deliver us from not giving you credit, Father, where credit is due. Father, we believe your word that you protect us, that you go before us, that you will never fail us, that you will never leave us or forsake us. Father, we want to exercise faith in your love for us, faith in your divine activity over our lives and in our lives. Father, we want to crush Satan and all his fears under our feet, living in confidence and in courage and in so doing, Father, exercising faith in your love and giving you glory. Amen. Jesus gave his commission to his church. Go from Jerusalem to Samaria, even to the uttermost parts of the earth, spreading the gospel. The Lord also told us that the gospel goes to the Jew first and also to the Gentile. I want you to know when you support me and the ministry of Discovering the Jewish Jesus in a very real way, you’re fulfilling this command. You’re supporting me, that the Lord has raised up as a Jewish believer to preach the gospel in Jerusalem, even from there, beloved, to the uttermost parts of the earth. I want to thank you for partnering with what the Lord is doing through Discovering the Jewish Jesus. And I want you to be confident that lives are being changed because of you. I want to ask you, beloved, if you sense the Holy Spirit leading you to support me and support this ministry, just be obedient.
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God will bless you. I love you and shalom.
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Amen. And as the Lord leads you to support Discovering the Jewish Jesus today, please go online to discoveringthejewishjesus.com. And you can also give generously by calling us. Our number is 800-777-7835. That’s 800-777-7835. And you can also send a financial donation of any amount in the mail. Our address is Discovering the Jewish Jesus. PO Box 777, Blissfield, Michigan 49228. That’s PO Box 777, Blissfield, Michigan 49228. And we really appreciate it when you give. I’ve been working with Rabbi for over 10 years now. And I have seen firsthand the impact that this ministry has had both on my own life and in the lives of people, countless people around the world who desperately have needed to hear the gospel. So thank you so much for choosing to be a blessing by supporting this ministry. And today I want to take a moment to tell you about our partnership with Freewill. It’s an estate and will planning tool that allows you to ensure that your commitment to sharing the good news of Messiah, that it lives on long after you’re gone. Creating a will, it doesn’t have to be complicated and expensive. You could take this step right now by setting up your own free will account today. I went through it and it’s very simple. It’s absolutely free for you, whether you choose to give to this ministry or not. So if you’d like to learn more about this opportunity, just go to discoveringthejewishjesus.com, click on the resources tab and then need a will. So I encourage you check it out today. Once again, you can find it at discoveringthejewishjesus.com. And now I want to turn things back over to Rabbi. He’s here to send us off with God’s sacred and special blessing. And I hope that these words leave you feeling refreshed and ready to take on the rest of your day. Rabbi.
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The words from the Aaronic Blessing in the book of Numbers, chapter 6, verses 22 through 27, helps us to realize how good God is to you and I personally. So receive His blessing into your life, and then, beloved one, go bless somebody else in Jesus’ name today.
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 explains how to have faith that’ll overcome fear. That’s Friday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
