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The Beatitudes: Handling Hatred
January 20, 2025 · 20 min
In today’s teaching Rabbi Schneider encourages you to face the persecution that comes from being salt and light to the world.
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0:00 If you're willing to suffer some persecution for Jesus' sake, you know what the result's gonna be? You're gonna experience some divine satisfaction.The True Path to Divine Happiness 0:17 I'm talking about Yeshua promising those that are peacemakers divine happiness. When Yeshua said in the in the beatitudes,0:29 blessed are those, what he's saying is those that practice this will be made divinely happy. You see, the world offers us all0:41 types of supposed answers for happiness. Right? But the older I get, the more that I see, my beloved friend, that the things that the world has promised that give happiness,0:54 they're not real. They're cheap trinkets. They're they're they're cheap imitations, and all you have to do is study the lives of the rich and famous1:05 and see how so many of their lives end, whether they're Hollywood movie stars, whether they're famous athletes, whether they're wealthy business people, how many1:17 of these people that had everything that we think we would want if we were looking to what the world had to give us, How many of those people are miserable, have committed suicide,1:29 ended up in rehabilitation centers because of drug and alcohol addiction, have children that are really hurting and messed up and struggling? The world doesn't have the answer for happiness, beloved.1:41 Yeshua does. In the Hebrew Bible, the Lord said this, he said, why have you forsaken me, the Lord said, the fountain of living1:53 water, and instead of few now for yourselves cisterns that hold no water. So let's listen to what Jesus said. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are those who2:04 mourn. Blessed are the gentle. Blessed are those who hunger. Blessed are those who are merciful. Blessed are the pure in heart. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall2:16 be called sons of God. I touched on this on the last episode, but I just wanna talk about it again. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they should be2:28 called sons of God. I wanna ask you a point blank question. Are you a peacemaker? Or are you 1 that2:40 gossips, that divides? Examine your speech. Is your speech primarily speech that's building bonds of love and shalom2:52 between brothers and sisters, between family members at work? Is your speech an attitude primarily 1 that's building bridges of peace?3:04 Or are you instead being used by the enemy to rather than build bridges to bring a vision? I wanna let those words3:16 cut for a second because I've been around the block a few times, and I know what's going on in people's lives. I've pastored congregations for over 20 years. I know my own heart. I've been around3:28 people a long time. Many of us are being used by the enemy to divide, to bring division. And you know what? That's3:39 1 of the abominations that God hates. When the Lord lists the 7 things he hates, 1 of those things, beloved, is he that sows discord amongst brothers, amongst3:51 the brethren. And yet you and I, if we're if we're open and honest and being willing to be convicted and being willing to repent, we'll notice that there's been too many times4:03 that rather than walking in peace and being a peacemaker and building bridges, instead, we've been used to the enemy as a tool for division. I wanna encourage you. If you wanna know Jesus,4:17 if you wanna have peace with yourself, if you wanna have peace with God, if you wanna lay down your head on your pillow and know you're going to heaven because you've truly4:28 striven to be a follower of Jesus, Be, beloved, once to the best of your ability, a peacemaker. Be a peacemaker. Be a peacemaker.4:40 When you're tempted to say something about somebody, be willing to to say in your heart, I can sense this isn't right spirit. Keep your mouth shut. Keep your mouth4:52 shut. Discipline yourself. Hold it in. I know it's hard sometimes to keep from saying that thing that you so much wanna say because you've been offended or you've been hurt or the enemy just wants to5:04 use you, but keep your mouth bridled. Be a peacemaker. And know this, the Lord is a rewarder, beloved friend, of those that diligently5:16 seek, and we must bridle our tongue. The Bible said that we should speak that which gives life, that we should speak that which edifies people. And if we don't have something that's gonna give life,5:27 godly instruction, is beautiful, is gonna edify someone, just keep your mouth shut. Let's be peacemakers. And the the reward for that is gonna5:39 be we're gonna experience more of the presence of Hashem and of Jesus in our life. Isn't that what we want? Isn't that why you're watching the show today because you want more of Him? Well, take this to heart then.5:51 With your husband, with your wife, with your children, with your neighbors, with whoever you know, keep your mouth shut. Be a bridge builder. Let shalom and love proceed from your mouth.6:03 Let's continue on. Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Let me read it again. Blessed are those who have6:15 been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. You know, some of us will do anything to avoid persecution. Some of us are6:26 terrified of persecution. But the Bible says that we've been appointed not only to reign with Christ, but get this now, to share6:39 in his sufferings. That's part of our destiny. Beloved, Jesus said if they rejected me, they're gonna reject you. Jesus said if you were of the world, the world would love6:50 you because you'd be just like him. Right? But because I chose you out of the world, he said, therefore, the world hates you. The student is not greater than his teacher7:02 nor the disciple than his master. In other words, the same things that happened to Jesus, we should expect for our own lives and even desire for our own lives. Listen what Jesus said, blessed7:14 are those who have been persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. So you know what this tells me? We should want some persecution.7:26 Because being blessed, this is the word that Yeshua used, blessed are those that means to be made divinely happy. And so if you're willing to suffer some persecution for Jesus' sake,7:38 you know what the result's gonna be? You're gonna experience some divine satisfaction. Beloved, be willing to take a hit. Listen what the next verse says, continuing on the same topic.7:50 Blessed are you when men insult you and persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, get this now, for your reward8:02 in heaven is great. For in the same way, they persecuted the prophets who were before you. And so Yeshua is is using 28:13 verses for this topic. Think about it. All the other beatitudes that we looked at, the merciful, the the gentle, all the other attributes that comprise living a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a8:25 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a has 2 verses.8:37 Blessed are you when you're persecuted, and then Yeshua said, blessed are you when men speak falsely against you and say all kinds of evil against you for my name's sake. He said, number 1, for yours is8:49 the kingdom of heaven, And number 2, your reward in heaven will be great. So if you want a great reward in heaven where moth and rust do not9:00 destroy, you know what this tells me? You should ask the Lord to appoint you to suffer a little godly persecution so that you can share in his9:12 sufferings and have a great reward in heaven. But, unfortunately, too many of us just like to sit behind the Christian television set, and we don't mention a word to9:24 anybody about our faith in Jesus because we're afraid of rejection. But Jesus said, we should welcome it. He said, you should be happy because when you do get rejection because of9:36 me, you're gonna get a great reward in heaven, and you're gonna find you're gonna be experiencing the same thing that the prophets of old experienced. We all marvel at the prophets of old. They're our heroes.9:48 I mean, think about it. Why do so many people wanna come to Israel? Right? Why do they wanna see where where the prophets of old are buried? Why do they wanna see Hezekiah's tunnel and all the different landmarks here10:00 that mark the different Hebrew prophets? Because these prophets are heroes. But it's more important to actually experience what the prophets experience since you're trying to emulate their lifestyle10:12 than it is simply to just visit the physical place where they walked. Jesus said, we're the salt of the earth and the light of the world. We stand out. I'm gonna get into being the salt of the10:24 earth and the light of the world, which is what comes next in my last in my next sermon on this in this series. But I just wanna stay right here for a while. This beatitude about being persecuted for the kingdom and for10:36 Jesus' name's sake and being in a position where men insult you and speak falsely about you because of your testimony of Jesus. I wanna just stress, my friends,10:49 you have to be willing please hear me. You have to be willing to stand out for Jesus. You have to be willing to come out from the shadows. The11:01 enemy wants to hold you back. He wants to keep you from being the salt and from being the light that God has called you to be. But if you let the devil hold11:13 you back, you know what? You're gonna lose your reward. In fact, in the book of Revelation, the the prophet wrote through through the Holy Spirit that hell, listen to this,11:25 is for the fearful and unbelieving. We usually don't think of fear as a sin. But you know that fear is the most common command in the entire Bible?11:37 More than any other command, Jesus said, and the Hebrew prophet said, and the Lord said, do not be afraid. What did God say to11:49 Joshua? Be strong and courageous, and do not be afraid. Be strong and courageous, and be not dismayed. Do not be afraid. Joshua, you will inherit the land.12:00 Only do not be afraid, and do not be intimidated. To Ezekiel, I've made your head as hard as theirs, as hard as stone. Do not be afraid. My friends, if we're gonna12:12 truly be disciples of Jesus, we can't live in fear. We can't live in the shadows. We can't allow ourselves to be coddled by the world because we're12:24 afraid of standing out. God forbid, someone's gonna see me as being different. You are different. The Bible says that we're strangers and aliens in this world, that we're not of12:36 this world. He said, I chose you out of the world. You're not of the world. So if you're gonna be a disciple of Jesus, accept it. You're not gonna be a hero in this world.12:49 You're gonna be spat on, at least in the sense of people, if you're verbal your faith verbally mis misusing you, if you're loud enough, often enough for Jesus,13:01 if you're bold for Jesus enough, you will be rejected. And this is why the next thing that Yeshua said after telling us these words, blessed are you and then insult you and persecute13:13 you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great. For in the same way, they persecuted the prophets who were before you. The very next thing he13:25 said was, you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has become tasteless, how could it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything13:36 except be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. And then he continues in the next verse, you are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden,13:48 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket. But on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house, let your14:00 light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven. So right after Yeshua talking about being14:12 persecuted for him and being insulted because of our love for him and testimony for him, right after saying that, talking about that our reward is gonna be heaven and that a reward in14:23 heaven's gonna be great, the very next thing He does is He encourages us even more by telling us that we're the salt of the earth. Now, what does salt do? Salt makes14:35 food taste different. You can't put salt on food and immediately not taste that that food tastes different.14:47 What that means is if you're the salt of the world, whenever you walk into an atmosphere, whenever you walk into a relationship, whether it's an individual relationship or whether it's14:59 with a group of people, whenever you walk in, you know what? Your presence there should immediately change the flavor of that relationship. But if the15:11 salt loses its saltiness, Yeshua said, what good is it except to be trampled underfoot by men? You're not there to blend in. If you're there just to blend in, you're just gonna end up being trampled over by the15:23 world. But Jesus said, don't be afraid of persecution. Don't be afraid of people insult you and even speak false things about you because you're the salt of the earth and the15:35 light of the world. Your presence is to change dynamically every relationship you encounter. And your changing those relationships15:47 are gonna testify to the great light of God in heaven, and some will look up and receive him. But in the lives of others whom you try to assault in and whom you try to bring light to, you're15:59 gonna be persecuted and insulted. But Jesus said, it's not up to us to decide whether we're willing to pay the price or not. We're chosen to pay the price. We16:11 are the salt of the world. We are the light of the earth. This, beloved, listen please to me, this is our calling. This is our16:23 destiny. This is our identity. This is who we are. We've been called to make a difference.16:36 Not not a difference because we we know what football team is playing next week, and we know the players on each team, and we know how many touchdowns they scored. Not that kind of a difference. Not because we know16:48 more about golf or fishing or cooking or sewing or fashion or whatever other interest people put on their social media pages all about this and that. No. Our testimony17:00 is about Yeshua and the kingdom of heaven. So every avenue of life that we walk down, whether it's in person, whether it's in social media, wherever it is, we're17:12 to be salt and light, and we're to accept that we will be persecuted at times and rejected and insulted at times because we are salt and because17:24 we are light, beloved, just because, listen, you're doing your job. Let me ask you humbly and lovingly, I wanna ask you. Rabbi Schneider, on behalf of the Lord Jesus17:36 is asking you, are you doing your job? Are you taking advantage of every open door that the Lord has given you? Every relationship, every social media site that you're on?17:48 Are you taking advantage of all those open doors to be salt and to be light for him? Don't do it for a little while. Don't try it 1 time.18:00 Don't put out 1 post. This is your calling. This is your destiny. And it's to remain so, my beloved friend,18:12 all the days of your life. You've been chosen not only to reign with him, but to suffer with him as well. This is what it means to pick up our cross,18:24 deny ourself, and follow him. Beloved, let's truly be his disciples and let's be marked by suffering a little bit for him.Embracing Persecution and Living as Salt and Light 18:36 Well, we've all heard of the Beatitudes, but if you're like me, I ought to look up what the word Beatitudes means. It means supreme blessedness.18:49 Yeshua is teaching us how to live a lifestyle through which we will be extremely and supremely blessed. And 1 of the principles of the kingdom that19:00 Yeshua taught us is give and it'll be given unto you. I just want to encourage you to be a giver. And if this ministry is feeding you, if this ministry is blessing you,19:12 if God's using it in your life and you feel a witness from the Holy Spirit with what I'm saying that you're to make a sacrifice to the Lord through this ministry, I just want to encourage you to be obedient. Because19:24 Yeshua said give and it'll be given back to you, pressed down, good measure, running over into your lap. And the word of God teaches that we should support the ministries that are so that are spiritually feeding us. So I19:35 just want to tell you that I love you, thank you, and I pray that you'll continue to be blessed through this ministry and give if the Lord leads.In this video 0:00 The True Path to Divine Happiness18:36 Embracing Persecution and Living as Salt and Light
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