Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me, the works that I do, he will also do; and these he will do greater than him, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12
The promise that Jesus made regarding prayer in John 14:12-14 is almost impressive. preparing to place his ministry in the
hands of his disciples, he said to them in the upper room (and to all of us today): “Whoever believes in me, the works that I
do he will also do; and greater works than he will do.
When Jesus was on earth, everything He did, He did through His earthly body. Now Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father. Everything he does now, he does through his spiritual body: the Church of the living God. And Jesus says that we, his Church, will do greater works!
The works of Jesus refer to his miracles, healings, signs, and mighty acts of power. His work included healing all kinds of
sickness, casting out demons and raising the dead. He controlled the wind and waves, walked on water, multiplied food,
and turned the water into wine.
The promise here is that every believer can receive the Holy Spirit and be endued with power from on high so that he can
potentially do all the works of Christ. But more than that, we’re supposed to get over it. How?
“Major works” are works that are larger in quantity and have a greater global reach. Jesus had dozens of converts; the apostles
numbered in the thousands. Jesus ministered only to the Jews in Palestine. Peter opened the door for the Gentiles to be saved in
Cornelius’ house. Paul and the early Christians soon took the gospel to the entire known world.
When Jesus preached, His largest crowd at any one time may have been anywhere from 5,000 to 20,000 people. But on his Millennium Crusade
in Lagos, Nigeria, the German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke had 1.6 million people attend a single evangelical service.
That night, 1,093,000 lost souls answered the altar call. At the end of the six-day event, a total of 3,450,000 people
had recorded decisions for Jesus! In his 30 years of faithful ministry, the evangelist Bonnke has distributed 68 million copies
of follow-up brochures to help new converts who were saved in their meetings.
Today, with television, radio, satellites, broadcasts, the Internet, and print media, millions of people can
hear the gospel all at once. We must take advantage of all the power of God and the technology available in the world to win
the masses for Christ.
We must put our faith in the words of Jesus. Our Savior would never lie to us. This is truly the day of harvest! We are the
people of the major works!
