The Works of Jesus
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to my Father. John 14:12
What are the works of Jesus, the works he spoke of to the 11 before Judas came to betray him? Jesus himself answers my question in what he said to the 11 in John 14:11:
"Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves."
Jesus was responding to Phillip's request for Jesus to "show them the Father." He told Phillip that there was no need for him to show them the Father because if they had seen Jesus, they had seen the Father. Jesus wanted Phillip to take Jesus at His word, that he and the father are one. But if Phillip couldn't take him at his bare word, he could at least believe based on the works of Jesus:
Signs and wonders, healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead.
Now we get to it.
Not only are these the works Jesus spoke of, but these are works that we who believe will continue to do by the Spirit until Jesus returns--and even greater works than these, according to Jesus himself.
Now the purpose of these works are the same as Jesus' purpose: conviction leading to salvation. Any miraculous work that doesn't prove people have rejected God and lead them to accept Him as God is a false work. But if people are to be brought to God, it must be by the power of God.
We have the power of God. We have the Spirit of Christ in us. By the power of God and the Spirit of Christ, we will do the works of Jesus until he comes.
What are the works of Jesus, the works he spoke of to the 11 before Judas came to betray him? Jesus himself answers my question in what he said to the 11 in John 14:11:
"Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves."
Jesus was responding to Phillip's request for Jesus to "show them the Father." He told Phillip that there was no need for him to show them the Father because if they had seen Jesus, they had seen the Father. Jesus wanted Phillip to take Jesus at His word, that he and the father are one. But if Phillip couldn't take him at his bare word, he could at least believe based on the works of Jesus:
Signs and wonders, healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead.
Now we get to it.
Not only are these the works Jesus spoke of, but these are works that we who believe will continue to do by the Spirit until Jesus returns--and even greater works than these, according to Jesus himself.
Now the purpose of these works are the same as Jesus' purpose: conviction leading to salvation. Any miraculous work that doesn't prove people have rejected God and lead them to accept Him as God is a false work. But if people are to be brought to God, it must be by the power of God.
We have the power of God. We have the Spirit of Christ in us. By the power of God and the Spirit of Christ, we will do the works of Jesus until he comes.
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