GREATER WORKS !

GREATER WORKS: Not only did Jesus say that we would do the same works that He did; He also said, ". . . And GREATER works than these shall he do. . ." (John 14:12). Then He went on to tell us why we will do greater works: ". . . Because I go unto my Father." The greater words that the church can do and is doing today are due to the fact that Jesus has gone to the Father. However, ask your self is any new conversions happening in the place that you call church ? Is any folks being healed when you lay hands on them ? Is any being delivered from the power of the devil and the world or even themselves ? Jesus said, He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hated his life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say ? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name (Word). The came there a voice from heaven, saying , I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. The people, therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it thundered; others said, an angel spoke to him. Jesus answered, and said, this voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. This he said, signifying what death he would die. The people answered him, we have heard of the law that Christ abideth forever; and how sayest thou, the Son of Man must be lifted up ? Who is this Son of Man ? (Revelation 19:11-13) tells us who the Son of Man is ! (John 16:7-11). "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient [profitable, for your best] for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the comforter will not, to you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; (The Word); Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." What are these greater works ? We show men and women how to become born again. But weren't people saved, or born again, under the Jesus ministry ? Someone might ask. They were saved in the same sense that the people in the Old Testament were saved, but they were not "born again." The Work of the Holy Spirit Is Necessary in the New Birth, and while Jesus was on earth the Holy Spirit had not yet been given. This is why Jesus said, ". . . It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you" (John 16:7). But did Jesus forgive people's sins why He was here on earth ? Someone might say. Yes, but there is a difference between having one's sins forgiven and being born again. After a person is born again, if he or she sins, he or she can get forgiveness, but he or she is not born again a second time. If that were true, we might be born again thousands of time. The new birth is a greater work than a healing or a miracle. So people were not born again while Jesus was on earth. Second, we never read in the four Gospels, "and the Lord added daily to the church such as should be say." However, we do see this repeatedly in the Book of Acts. This is because there wasn't any church in Jesus day in the sense that we think of the New Testament Church. The only body of Christ that was on earth was His physical body. There was those who believed on Him and who had the promise of that which was to come, but there are beliefs could only be consummated when the Holy Spirit came to baptize them all into one body. The body had to be formed. Today we are the spiritual body of Christ. The only body of Christ in the world today is the Church. Not only was no one born again are added to the church under the ministry of Jesus, neither was anyone filled with the Holy Spirit under His ministry. These are "the greater works" that we do because He went to the Father.