DOING THE WORKS OF JESUS
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
We are called to do the works of Jesus on the Earth. We are His body, and He is counting on us to do what He has called us to do. To better understand the works of Jesus, we must understand the last part of this scripture that says, “…and greater works shall we do.” What are the greater works? Well, I don’t believe we can do greater healings or miracles, but we can see more of them as He does the work through us. The greater works we are to see, in my estimation, are getting people saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. I will explain this further as we look at Jesus’ mission on the Earth, so we too can find our place in the greater works we are supposed to be doing.
Jesus proclaimed His purpose in John 3:17, “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” In Luke 19:10 it says, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Jesus’ mission was to come and save us. Paul said it this way in 1 Timothy 1:15 (NKJV), “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” His mission was to seek and save and that is our mission too, and I choose to accept it! Do you?
There are other facets of Jesus’ mission. He also came to destroy the works of the devil, according to 1 John 3:8. He came to give the body of Christ abundant life (John 10:10). He came to minister to us and give His life as a ransom (Matthew 20:28). He was also here on Earth to bear witness to the truth, as He told us in John 18:37. He came to fulfill the law, according to Matthew 5:17. He came to take our place, to exchange with us, to become sin so we could be made righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21); and He became poor so we could become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). We should be so grateful that Jesus came and fulfilled all of His mission. We know He did because He said so when He said, “It is finished!”
How did Jesus accomplish this mission? Of course, by going to the cross and being raised from the dead. However, while He was on the Earth, He showed us how to do the greater works. He did it by preaching and teaching because the Spirit of God was upon Him. The same Spirit that was on Him in Luke 4:18-19 is also upon you. He is not a different Holy Ghost. Jesus went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, so says Acts 10:38; and you and I should also go about doing good and ministering the healing power of God, both physically and for the broken hearted everywhere we go. How the Holy Ghost anointed Jesus of Nazareth is the same Holy Ghost who can anoint you, regardless of what city you are from.
You and I are called to do the works of Jesus. If we know His purpose, then we can make His purpose our purpose. If we know how he did it, then we can do it too. This is a timeless truth that Jesus didn’t do any mighty works until the Holy Spirit came on Him. Today, let the Spirit of God come on you fresh and new and let’s do the works of Jesus!