the gift of miracles
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The speaker is discussing the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in First Corinthians 12. They explain that these gifts are available to every Christian and are provisions of power from God for his people to carry out tasks such as evangelism and healing the sick. They focus on the gift of miracles, which is a powerful work of God through a human instrument that violates the laws of nature and is generally for a merciful purpose. They give an example of a man with Parkinson's disease who experienced a miraculous healing through an experimental medical procedure. The speaker emphasizes that God can use human and circumstantial means to carry out a miraculous work and that Pentecostals and charismatics should not exaggerate their experiences.
Sometimes Pentecostals and charismatics exaggerate their experiences with God, which can bring discredit to the Lord. It's important to speak honestly and with sobriety and not try to help God. Miracles are a sovereign intervention of God superimposing the laws of nature for a definite purpose. Examples of miracles include Jesus walking on the sea, stilling the storm, changing water into wine, and Elisha making an ax float. Symbols, such as raising hands or kneeling, can help activate the power of the supernatural and develop faith. It's important to use symbols properly and not idolize them.
The sermon emphasizes the importance of humility in experiencing the miraculous power of God. The speaker highlights that many times, people's intellectual and personal pride hinder them from witnessing God's miracles. He also points out that God sometimes chooses to do things that are strange and contrary to reason and elegance to humble people and show them that He is sovereign.
The speaker uses the story of Naaman, the Syrian, to illustrate how God wants to break people and make them like children who believe what God has told them. He stresses that the main condition for God's miracle to operate in one's life is humility and being open to everything that God wants to do.
The speaker encourages people to break themselves before God, to give Him everything they love, and to let go of their personal pride. He emphasizes that people need to recognize their worthlessness before God to experience His power. The sermon ends with an invitation to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior and to walk humbly before God.
Humble yourself before God and he will exalt you. God is pleased with humble people. Ask God for help and obey his word. He will bless and support you, and always be there for you. The more you humble yourself, the more God can do in your life. God may allow you to be humbled to bring you to a higher level. Submit yourself to God and let him break you to lead you to a higher understanding and relationship with him. We should give God a blank page and let him write whatever he wants in our lives. God's miracles move in the dimension of humility and childlike faith. We should be docile and humble before God. God blesses humble people.
Sometimes Pentecostals and charismatics exaggerate their experiences with God, which can bring discredit to the Lord. It's important to speak honestly and with sobriety and not try to help God. Miracles are a sovereign intervention of God superimposing the laws of nature for a definite purpose. Examples of miracles include Jesus walking on the sea, stilling the storm, changing water into wine, and Elisha making an ax float. Symbols, such as raising hands or kneeling, can help activate the power of the supernatural and develop faith. It's important to use symbols properly and not idolize them.
The sermon emphasizes the importance of humility in experiencing the miraculous power of God. The speaker highlights that many times, people's intellectual and personal pride hinder them from witnessing God's miracles. He also points out that God sometimes chooses to do things that are strange and contrary to reason and elegance to humble people and show them that He is sovereign.
The speaker uses the story of Naaman, the Syrian, to illustrate how God wants to break people and make them like children who believe what God has told them. He stresses that the main condition for God's miracle to operate in one's life is humility and being open to everything that God wants to do.
The speaker encourages people to break themselves before God, to give Him everything they love, and to let go of their personal pride. He emphasizes that people need to recognize their worthlessness before God to experience His power. The sermon ends with an invitation to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior and to walk humbly before God.
Humble yourself before God and he will exalt you. God is pleased with humble people. Ask God for help and obey his word. He will bless and support you, and always be there for you. The more you humble yourself, the more God can do in your life. God may allow you to be humbled to bring you to a higher level. Submit yourself to God and let him break you to lead you to a higher understanding and relationship with him. We should give God a blank page and let him write whatever he wants in our lives. God's miracles move in the dimension of humility and childlike faith. We should be docile and humble before God. God blesses humble people.
I want to invite you to go to the word of God in First Corinthians, Chapter 12.
For those who visit us and others perhaps, I want to remind you, or announce that we are taking a tour through of the gifts of the spirit. I don't know if you were raised in a charismatic Pentecostal environment, or maybe you don't have much experience in church things in general. But the gifts, what are called gifts in Spanish, are provisions of power from God for his people, so that his people can carry out the tasks that God has entrusted them to carry out, tasks of evangelism, for example, tasks of healing the sick, tasks of bringing fresh word from God to a person, a nation, a community, tasks such as supporting the claims of Jesus as the Son of God through works that show that through things are being done in his name that otherwise could not be done. And they are also signs of God's mercy and love in situations of need where there can be no natural provision but God can provide something supernatural to meet that need and therefore release his power so that this situation can be resolved. And those are the gifts, charismata is said in the original Greek, it is a gift, a gift from God, a divine provision so that someone can carry out the work of God here on earth, it is something supernatural.
For those who visit us and others perhaps, I want to remind you, or announce that we are taking a tour through of the gifts of the spirit. I don't know if you were raised in a charismatic Pentecostal environment, or maybe you don't have much experience in church things in general. But the gifts, what are called gifts in Spanish, are provisions of power from God for his people, so that his people can carry out the tasks that God has entrusted them to carry out, tasks of evangelism, for example, tasks of healing the sick, tasks of bringing fresh word from God to a person, a nation, a community, tasks such as supporting the claims of Jesus as the Son of God through works that show that through things are being done in his name that otherwise could not be done. And they are also signs of God's mercy and love in situations of need where there can be no natural provision but God can provide something supernatural to meet that need and therefore release his power so that this situation can be resolved. And those are the gifts, charismata is said in the original Greek, it is a gift, a gift from God, a divine provision so that someone can carry out the work of God here on earth, it is something supernatural.
