Samuel Rodriguez - How to Overcome the Enemy and Strongholds in Your Life
Hatred and love cannot occupy the same space. Sin and holiness cannot occupy the same space. Forgiveness and unforgiveness cannot occupy the same space. Belief and doubt, faith and fear cannot occupy the same space, something has to go. Somebody shout, «Something has to go». Here’s the good news, we have the power to kick out whatever is out of alignment. «I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will harm you». I just wanna share with these, it’s different, it is different. It’s a prophetic impartation, completely, biblically substantiated as the word of the Lord, but this is what God’s spirit assigned me to share with you today.
And let me just read and then I’mma have you sit down and then you’ll get this in a second. 1 Samuel 5, «After the Philistines captured the ark of God, they took it from the battle ground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod». That right there should provoke a theological conundrum, a bit of acid reflux. The fact that the bad guys were able to capture the glory of God in a box. «They carried the ark of God into the temple Dagon and placed it beside an idol Dagon». A statue. «When the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord. So, they took Dagon and put him in his place again. But the next morning the same thing happened, Dagon had fallen face down before the ark of the Lord again. But this time,» somebody shout, «This time».
Look at your neighbor, tell 'em, «This time». Tell the other neighbor, «This time… This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact». I wanna speak to you briefly on the subject matter, it’s under «Show me your glory,» here it is, the message is called, «Timber». Somebody shout, «Timber! It’s coming down». When the prophetic stands next to the pathetic, the prophetic always wins. Somebody shout «Timber»! Timber. Timber. It’s coming down. You may be seated, you may be seated. Point number one here it is, let me give you the word of the Lord, when hell declares victory, watch God show up. When hell declares victory, watch God show up.
In the Old Testament, the ark of God, God’s treasure chest represent God presence, power and promise. The ark of God served as the Old Testament facilitative platform for the glory of God. The glory of God, as we have heard, throughout the course of the past few days, is the manifest presence of God. Whatever heaven touched, the rod of Aaron, manna, commandments, items described as glorious stood in light, embedded in that box when the king of glory touches it, it is glorious. The Philistines believed that if they capture the ark, the glory, Israel’s secret weapon, Israel will be defeated. Let me explain to you the story, the Philistines are the arch enemies of the Israelites, the Philistines would have 10,000 men and they would against 1,000 Israelites, they would fight and somehow the 1,000 Israelites would end up with the victory.
The Philistines upgraded exponentially, the number of men, the troops. They would fight against the Israelites with a diminished contingency. And nevertheless the outcome was the same the Israelites would win. The Bible talks about the Philistines coming together and coming to the inevitable conclusion that the secret was the ark of God. They came to the conclusion that as long as the Israelites have the ark of God, the glory of God in a box, the most sacred entity, physical entity on the planet the Israelites win. In other words, wherever there is glory, there is victory. I will repeat that. Wherever there is glory there is victory. Let me repeat that one more time, in order to upset everything that has risen against you, wherever there is glory, where the glory of God is present, where the fullness of where the finished worked of Jesus is presence, where Jesus Christ through his Holy Spirit is present there is victory.
The Philistines figured it out, wherever the glory of God in the box is present, there is victory. Hence, all we have to do is capture the ark of God, the glory of God in the box. Let’s capture it, let’s steal the glory, and here it is. They captured the ark, they captured the ark of God, they believed they took the glory hostage. They stood convinced they took the power of God captive, the convinced themselves, they had placed a lid on the presence of God. But they weren’t soon to discover the following, you can’t incarcerate the glory. You can’t imprison the power and God. «The Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory,» Psalm 84:11. «Through the vicarious, atoning work of Jesus on the cross and the resurrection, we are Carriers of the glory of God». «Having chose them, he called them to come to him. Having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. Giving them right standing, he gave them his glory,» Romans 8:30.
What is the glory, better yet, who is the glory? We heard from Pastor Ott, we heard from Reggie. It is simple, Hebrews 1:3, «The son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God,» and that glory, Jesus Christ, «He sustains everything by the mighty power of his command». Jesus is the glory of God, and this is why the prince of darkness hates your guts. I want you to hear me, hell doesn’t come after you because you are black, white, yellow, or brown, conservative or liberal, charismatic or automatic. If you are born again, hells comes against you, because you carry the glory of the living God. In other words, if the enemy, the enemy is not attacking you because of the foolish things you did in your past, he is attacking you because of the glorious things you’re about to see in your future.
The enemy wants to overwhelm your now, because you’re about occupy the next. I’m go repeat that, the enemy wants to overwhelm your now because you are about to occupy the next, but I wanna remind you what Isaiah 54:17 tells us, «No weapon». Somebody shout, «No weapon». Somebody shout, «No weapon». Tell you neighbor, «No weapon formed against you, will ever prosper». No weapon formed against your family will ever prosper, no weapon formed against your church, will ever prosper. No weapon formed against your calling, will ever prosper. No weapon formed against your anointing, will ever, somebody shout like you know that no, so, right now around the world it looks like the enemy is winning. It looks like it, smells like it.
If you go on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, if you’re listening to certain influencers, it looks the Philistines of the 21 century once again, successfully captured the glory. It looks like it. Somebody say, «It looks like it». So, what if I tell you that the very same thing that took place in Dagon’s temple is about to take place in your family, your church, your generation, your city, your nation. I don’t know if you understand what I just said. What if I tell you that the very same thing, I sense the glory, that took place in Dagon’s temple is about to take place in Australia, in Africa, in asia, in America, in Latin America, in Europe, all around the world. Four words, watch God show up.
And I know you gon' push, some people will push back on social media, «Oh, but we’re coming out of a global pandemic». It doesn’t matter, watch God show up. «But my nation is more divided than ever before». Watch God show up. «There’s a war in Ukraine and China is threatening Taiwan». Watch God show up. «What about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency and super inflation»? Watch God show up. Marriages falling apart (watch God show up). Children are rebellious (watch God show up). The medical reports are coming in (watch God show up). I want you to hear me I don’t think, I don’t hope, I don’t wish and I don’t feel, I know that God’s about to show up and show off his glory, like we have never ever seen before. If you believe it lift up your hands.
Somebody, «How do you know, Samuel Rodriguez»? Because of Hebrews 10:23, «God can be trusted to keep his promise». Oh, and I know the push back, I know the push back. «Oh, you’re in denial there sunshine. You’re in denial there. You’re talking about a global revival, you and Pastor Ott and Reggie. You’re talking about that we’re gonna see God show and people saved and transformed, and societies and even nations experiencing biblically substantiated, Holy Spirit sustained reformation, you’re saying some crazy things. You’re in denial that we’re living in the last days». Oh, no I’m not. I’m fully cognizant of the list, of the list in 2 Timothy 3, that Paul shared regarding the last days.
I’m aware of the gospel of Matthew 24 as it pertains to the last days. I’ve read it. «In the last days men and women will become lovers of themselves». We call that narcissism and many post on Instagram. «In the last days men and women will leave their natural desires». We call that the state of California. We’ve read the list of the last days. «Wars and rumors of war and famine and natural disasters and abandoning sound doctrine and sound teaching, heretical ideologies emerging». We’ve heard about, we’ve read it, and I’m not in denial, but there is one more last day promise and it’s the reason why I occupied a seat on a united airlines flight from Los Angeles, California, it took me 16 hours and 8 minutes to land in Melbourne, Australia. And why did I fly for 16 hours?
I came out of the plane, my sciatica was acting up. I walked out like this, but why did I get here, why? Because of one more last day promise. The one that I’m talking about is so powerful, it appears in the Old Testament and the New Testament. Job 2:28, Acts 2:17, get ready, «In the last days…» God doesn’t say «I may, I might, I hope to, I aspire to, I really wish it would». He says, «I will», I will, «I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh». If you believe it, can you shout like you know we are about. I want you to raise your hand.
The next thing to fill your family will not be more drama, the next thing to fill your family will be the glory of the living God. The next thing to capture your mind will not be more negative thoughts, it will be the glory of God. The next thing, can we prophesy here? The next thing to fill the earth will not be a new socio-political movement, the next thing to fill Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Australia, the next thing to fill the nations, the next thing to fill your ministry, let me just say it, by the time you get home, the next thing to fill your house, your Casa, your children and your children’s, children and your children’s, children, children, children, it won’t even be COVID-21, 22 or 23, the next thing to fill the nations will be the glory of Jesus Christ.
«Indeed, as I live, all of the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord», numbers 14:21. «The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea,» Habakkuk 2:14. Ephesians 4:10, «He who descended is himself also he who ascended above the heavens, that he might fill all things with his glory». Jesus is the glory of God. He is about to shine in, with, for and through you. Raise your right hand. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid saints, listen, we’re about to see more people saved like never before. Eighteen of you believe it.
We are about to see more people come to Jesus than ever before. We are about to see more people healed than ever before, we are about to see more people set free than ever before. We are about to see more prodigal sons and daughters come back home than ever before. We are about to reap the greatest harvest. When the enemies of truth love and grace convince themselves that they have successfully captured glory, watch God show up. You believe that? You really believe we’re about to see something glorious? No hype, no joke, no prophetic spaghetti on the wall. How many know God’s about to show up and show off his glory? Let me get, are there any questions? When the prophetic stands next to the pathetic, the prophetic always wins. If Dagon, can you come out here? Help me welcome Dagon. I wanna illustrate this. Dagon come here. This is Dagon, well you know what I mean, work with me here.
So, stay right here, you’re Dagon. And by the way, I just wanna make it clear for everyone in the back row, I just wanna make this clear 'cause it’s been a lot of questions in the past few days. By the way this is Jason Furtick, and an American military war hero. So, he just, amazing. His name appears in three museums for the glory of God. So, I just wanna make it clear, what Jason, Jason’s, we okay, Jason, my body is 1 Corinthians 15:10, «By the grace of God, I am what I am». His body, Pastor Ott, and David’s body, Ephesians 3:20, «And God can do exceeding, abundantly, above all, anything and everything, you can ever imagine or ask for». It is what it is, favor is not fair.
So, you’re Dagon, I wanna illustrate this real quick here. It says this, hear this «And they carried the ark of God, the glory of God in a box and they placed him in a temple». Alright so, I Googled are there any Philistines in Melbourne? Help me welcome my Philistines, please. Alright guys, right here, you are the citizens of Ashdod. So, your job, for this purpose and with great due deference and humility, I represent the ark of God, the glory of God. It’s just by coincidence, it happens to work out that way. So, you guys are going to carry the ark, you’re gonna take the glory of God in a box, you’re gonna put me right next to Dagon, this really happened. It’s like a Netflix series, it really happened. So, you’re gonna carry me and… Don’t drop the glory baby. I’m just saying, you know what I’m saying?
Don’t drop the glory, alright so, you guys are gonna, this is the glory now, so just keep the glory, let’s go. Hashtag #BESTDAYEVER. Perfect, yeah, give it up for the citizens of Ashdod. Stick it right, right about there. This really happened, I’m not making that up. Dagon’s statue, they bring the glory of God in a box and they place him right next to Dagon, right next to Dagon. Stop. This biblical exegetical extrapolation, here it is, they carried the ark of God, the glory of God in a box, into the temple of Dagon and placed him next to Dagon. They did what with the ark? I can’t hear you. Sorry, they did what? They carried. Stop, why, stop. That’s illogical. If they knew, and they knew, that the ark of God, the glory of God in that box was the secret sauce, why didn’t they even attempt to destroy it. Why not remove the lid?
Take out the Ten Commandments, bam! The rod of Aaron, poof! Do away with the manna. The Bible says they carried it, and I can prove to you and substantiate it biblically that they carried the ark with great due deference, with great respect. Because the Bible says, if you would carry the ark and you would disrespect it, you would what? You would die. And they did not die. You missed it. That means the enemies of Israel, even though they were the enemies, they knew that the glory must be respected. Oh, you’re not hearing me right now. Show me a church with the glory, show me family with the glory, show me a preacher with the glory, show me a generation filled with the glory of God, Jesus, and I will show you a church, a generation, a family, a man and a woman that will be respected.
Wherever the glory is present there will be respect, there must be respect. Repeat after me, «The glory must be respected». Tell your neighbor, «The glory must be respected». 1 Peter 4:14 says, «The spirit of glory and of God, rest upon you». I’m here to tell you, your family is not just your normal cup of tea, your family is full of the glory of God. The days of disrespect come to an end right here, right now, in the name of Jesus. When will government respect the church? When the church shines with the glory of Jesus. Are you hearing me right now? When will entertainment and the business world respect the church? When the church demonstrates and exhibits the glory of the risen Christ.
Alright, they placed him right next to him, where it is? Right here, this really happened. Ready? You’re Dagon, you’re a statue and the glory of God. The ark of God next to Dagon. Two objects cannot occupy the same space. Your past and your future cannot occupy the same space. Your dream and your nightmare cannot occupy the same space. Complacency and conviction cannot occupy the same space. truth and lies cannot occupy the same space. Hatred and love cannot occupy the same space. Sin and holiness cannot occupy the same space. Forgiveness and unforgiveness cannot occupy the same space. Belief and doubt, faith and fear cannot occupy the same space, something has to go. Somebody shout, «Something has to go».
Here’s the good news, we have the power to kick out whatever is out of alignment. «I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will harm you». Luke 10:19. Acts 1:8, «For you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you». 2 Timothy 1:7, «I have not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind». So here it is, we’re gonna land this right now. This happened, they left and then something amazing, supernatural took place. This ended up here. The glory right here, the truth right next to the lie, the glory of God in a box, next to an ideology, next to a false teaching, to idolatry, to sin, and who collapsed?
So, this is what took me 16 hours to get here for. In Australia, in your family, in your mind, in your atmosphere, in your generation, I need you to get ready. Every Dagon comes down tonight, right here in this place. I’mma say it, if you’re watching on daystar right now, listen, the Dagon attempting to deconstruct our Judeo-Christian value system, is about to come down. The Dagon attempting to indoctrinate our children with false teachings regarding race, gender and sex is coming down. Are you ready? Can I prophesy? The Dagon in your family is coming down, the Dagon in your community is coming down, the Dagon in your generation is coming down. In the name of Jesus.