“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.“— John 14:12
What a promise.
To be able to do greater things than Jesus!
While He walked this earth over two thousand years ago, He fed five thousand people with a few fish and loaves of bread. He turned water into wine, He healed the blind, the lame, and the sick. He brought people back from the dead. How can we possibly take this promise seriously?
Jesus knew that His life on earth was deliberately limited in time and earthly scope. He never traveled outside of Israel. In His lifetime, neither Europe nor Asia heard the Gospel. He had never seen a city like Rome. Even His opponents in Israel were religious men trying to live moral lives, in spite of their stubborn legalism and the hypocrisy that lurked in some of their hearts.
It was not in Jesus’ lifetime that Christianity broke out of Israel to permeate the world. In terms of numbers and influence, not until hundreds of years later did the Gospel impact most of the known world.
In the days of His flesh, Jesus was limited to Palestine, but after His resurrection, He was liberated from earthly limitations and sent His Spirit to work mightily throughout the world, through those who call themselves followers of Jesus.
Millions of believers in Jesus can love others personally, face to face, and change lives in His name.
Ask the Holy Spirit to come upon you and empower you to do what Jesus did—and more!
