God is certainly in control
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The sermon discusses the book of Esther and how God works in mysterious ways, even when it may not be obvious. The author encourages the audience to have faith in God's plan, even during difficult times such as the current state of the nation and personal struggles. The book of Esther serves as an example of God's intervention in the lives of individuals and the nation as a whole, even though God's presence is not explicitly mentioned in the text. The author also touches on the upcoming elections and encourages the audience to vote with their spirit and not their pocket or stomach.
The book of Esther is a story of divine providence, where God works in the lives of his people to provide solutions and results before they are needed. Esther is a Jewish maiden who is chosen to be the wife of King Ahasuerus, strategically positioned to save her people from an evil man named Haman who wants to exterminate the Jews. God is always working at the macro and micro levels, preparing individuals for strategic interventions when the specific moment arrives. The church of Jesus Christ has been persecuted throughout history, but God is still in control and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. The best times of the church are still ahead, and God is assembling all the pieces for his plan to reach its maximum point of realization. The most important message of the book of Esther is that God will always find a way to save his people, and if one person doesn't intervene, he will find someone else.
The book of Esther is a wonderful expression of irony and God's provision. God used individuals like Esther and Mordecai, who had pure hearts and loved Him, to change the situation and turn what seemed like destruction for the people of God into victory. We should prepare ourselves and be confident in the Lord, worship Him, serve Him, and do good, as God is always in control even when we don't see it. We should also intervene, use our political position and voice, and vote according to the values of the Kingdom of God. God blesses those whose hearts please Him and remain faithful to Him.
The speaker encourages listeners to trust in God and have pure and dedicated hearts. While God has purposes for our lives and wants to bless and prosper us, we also have a part to play in cooperating and working in partnership with Him. Sometimes we need to force the door and take risks, like Esther did, to achieve our goals. The speaker believes that God is plotting a plot in this nation and the church of Jesus Christ needs to be more active than ever in building structures for the glory that is to come and preparing for the harvest of souls. No matter how difficult our circumstances may be, God is in control and is concocting a beautiful ending for our drama. The speaker blesses the nation, the elections, and the government, and proclaims God as King of kings and Lord of Lords.
The book of Esther is a story of divine providence, where God works in the lives of his people to provide solutions and results before they are needed. Esther is a Jewish maiden who is chosen to be the wife of King Ahasuerus, strategically positioned to save her people from an evil man named Haman who wants to exterminate the Jews. God is always working at the macro and micro levels, preparing individuals for strategic interventions when the specific moment arrives. The church of Jesus Christ has been persecuted throughout history, but God is still in control and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. The best times of the church are still ahead, and God is assembling all the pieces for his plan to reach its maximum point of realization. The most important message of the book of Esther is that God will always find a way to save his people, and if one person doesn't intervene, he will find someone else.
The book of Esther is a wonderful expression of irony and God's provision. God used individuals like Esther and Mordecai, who had pure hearts and loved Him, to change the situation and turn what seemed like destruction for the people of God into victory. We should prepare ourselves and be confident in the Lord, worship Him, serve Him, and do good, as God is always in control even when we don't see it. We should also intervene, use our political position and voice, and vote according to the values of the Kingdom of God. God blesses those whose hearts please Him and remain faithful to Him.
The speaker encourages listeners to trust in God and have pure and dedicated hearts. While God has purposes for our lives and wants to bless and prosper us, we also have a part to play in cooperating and working in partnership with Him. Sometimes we need to force the door and take risks, like Esther did, to achieve our goals. The speaker believes that God is plotting a plot in this nation and the church of Jesus Christ needs to be more active than ever in building structures for the glory that is to come and preparing for the harvest of souls. No matter how difficult our circumstances may be, God is in control and is concocting a beautiful ending for our drama. The speaker blesses the nation, the elections, and the government, and proclaims God as King of kings and Lord of Lords.
I want to share with you a word of perspective in this very important time in the life of our nation and in which I know that many of you want to receive advice and a frame of reference for the things we are experiencing. Do not expect from me descriptive or rather prescriptive proclamations, but rather a framework of interpretation and encouragement for your hearts and for our hearts in this time of great need that this nation and even the world and many of us are experiencing when we come home of the Lord.
I want to speak from the book of Esther, which is a precious book, about 9 chapters, and it is a book that precisely mixes the personal drama of individuals like Esther, her uncle Mordecai, King Ahasuerus, Queen Vashti, Haman, this evil man who appears in this book and the major process of a nation such as Persia at that time, and the collective process that the Jews lived at that time and the anxiety they went through when threatened with total extermination. We see this interplay between the personal drama of these individuals that the book records and also the macro-cosmic collective drama at the geopolitical level of a nation like Persia and the Hebrew people, who could also be a type of the church in our own time.
I want to speak from the book of Esther, which is a precious book, about 9 chapters, and it is a book that precisely mixes the personal drama of individuals like Esther, her uncle Mordecai, King Ahasuerus, Queen Vashti, Haman, this evil man who appears in this book and the major process of a nation such as Persia at that time, and the collective process that the Jews lived at that time and the anxiety they went through when threatened with total extermination. We see this interplay between the personal drama of these individuals that the book records and also the macro-cosmic collective drama at the geopolitical level of a nation like Persia and the Hebrew people, who could also be a type of the church in our own time.
