What are the “Greater Works” Christ said Believers will do?
The Lord said “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 the Father” (John 14:12). What are these “greater works” that believers are supposed to be doing?
- Since one could hardly do greater works than Christ when he ministered on Earth, such as raising the dead, he was possibly referring to volume of works, particularly since he notes that he would be going to the Father and proceeds to emphasize that the Holy Spirit would come down and live inside believers as their Helper (John 14:16). When this occurs it wouldn’t be just one man doing the awesome works of Christ in one location, but rather believers all over the world because the spirit of Christ is in all of them (Romans 8:9).
- The “greater things” Jesus was referring to would certainly include evangelizing people wherein they receive spiritual regeneration by the Spirit (Titus 3:5), which was not available during Christ’s earthly ministry until after he died for our sins and was raised to life for our justification (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 & Romans 4:25). This would be raising the dead in a spiritual sense (Ephesians 2:4-5) and would definitely be a greater work than what Christ did during his 3.5 years of earthly ministry. Another “greater work” would be laying hands on converts and their receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit & and benefits thereof.
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