The Greater Work

John 14:12-14
"12 Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it."

15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
The Holy Spirit
16 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever;
17 the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you."

Christ said we would do greater works than He did. What could be greater than healing a withered hand or raising the dead, I asked, and then He told me, the greater work is the gospel to the lost. 

Those who trust in Christ will be completely healed and will never die again when they leave this world, headed to the streets of gold and looking into the face of Jesus Christ. There is no greater work than this!!!!

There is no greater healing than coming to Christ in repentance and being sealed with the Holy Spirit as our guarantee of heaven. Those who die in Christ will live eternally in perfect health without need of anything. All is provided for us when we go home to Christ, even streets of gold and gates of pearl.

 
Hallelujah!!!!

Our Actions Prove Our Heart

When we care if we desire to please God we ask Him what He wants and then we do it. When we are stubborn we think up our own solutions using our own desires and do things our own way and claim it was for God.

 
Proverbs 3:5-6
"5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight."

Arguing with God is Sin

Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"

Imagine getting before God and arguing with Him. Isn't what many people do today who follow the things in the Bible they like and ignore the things they don't like are doing?

They are arguing with God, they are saying things like; "but God you didn't mean it when you said divorce and remarriage is a sin."

 
"But God you didn't mean it when you said lying and exaggeration were a sin." "But Lord followed the holidays men made for you." "Didn't we add your name to the holidays we liked, to honor you." We attended gatherings you didn't command, but we did it for you." "We ignored the scripture and our brethren when they chastised us because we wanted to keep the peace." "But Lord didn't we forgive everyone even if they were not repentant."

 
God clearly teaches in His Word that divorce and remarriage is a sin, that lying and exaggeration were sins, that the traditions of men are sins, that we should meet together without the traditions of men, that Christ did not come to bring peace, and that His sword of the Word would cause the rebellious to hate true believers, He told us to obey the scriptures not adding to or taking away from them, and He told us to forgive the way He did through confession and repentance.

 
There is more of God's word the modern apostate church ignores in His Word than they obey but they think as long as they make an excuse that they are doing if for God they should be seen as obeying Christ.

 
Man likes to make up their own rules, tack on God at the end of their lies to pretend they are obeying Him, or that they are doing their own thing for Him as they disobey what He taught.

Christ does not want our sacrifices men do to make themselves feel good, He wants obedience to His Word.

 
God even tells us to avoid those who say they are Christians but refuse to obey Him.

 
Romans 16:17 says, "I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them".

Those who cause division are the ones who speak against the Word of God pretending to represent Him. They speak lies against His word and claim He said it.

 
Those who defend the things God hates and claim it is being a Christian are to be avoided. Giving them any attention or credence is endorsing their sin of disobedience. Even our silence to avoid conflict is an implied endorsement of their false doctrines.

 
Getting along with everyone who claims to be a Christian just for false unity is not from God either. God told us to adhere deeply to the Word of Truth and remove ourselves from those who walk in arrogance speaking false doctrine while punishing those who do not adhere to their erroneous claims.

 
Hebrews 13:12-13 "12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.…"

1 Thessalonians 5:11
"Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing."

Encouraging one another does not mean creating a false peace by ignoring false doctrine. Encouragement from a believer always leads to the truth of God's Word, this is what creates peace, true peace that comes from speaking the truth to help one another grow in holiness.

 
Never sacrifice truth for false peace through accepting sin without challenge.

 
1 Corinthians 12:25-26
"so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another. / If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it."

2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction."

Come out from Among Them

Family members will often attempt to make us feel responsible for being their friends even though they have nothing in common with us and they don't even like us.

We have no responsibility to remain friends with family members who have demonstrated contempt toward us and what we believe.

Matthew 10:36

"A man's enemies will be the members of his own household".

Nowhere in the context of this passage does God command us to remain with the family when they do not share our goal in life to follow Christ.

In 2 Timothy 3:1-5, God describes the character of people in general in the last days, and in verse 5 he tells us to stay away from those who exhibit this character as a general way of life.

Everyone will have bad days when their fleshly nature will emerge when there is stress, but those who live a continual lifestyle of anger and disrespect are those who have fully given in to their flesh and do not exhibit someone who has been changed by Christ.

Those who have been changed by Christ do not walk in fear and domination of others. Those who love Christ and have been changed by Him will continually exemplify the character qualities of the fruit of the Spirit of Christ.

Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law"

Those who love Christ don't have to force themselves to appear good; they just live it openly every day. We don't have to try to appear to have the fruit because it is a part of our being. We hate harming others, so we speak the truth in love and remain fully engaged in the fruit that drives our will and emotions.

God is not commanding us to have the fruit, He is describing what we do have when He has changed us into a new creation. Many false Christians who pretend in front of those they wish to impress will not be able to pretend in front of those they despise.

Galatians 5:24 "24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

Those who are pretenders cannot keep up the pretense very long, they operate by their fleshly feelings and when they see it doesn't work they have to blame others acting as though they had a good reason to be mean and rude.

James 3:14-16

"But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth. / Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. / For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice."

1 Corinthians 3:3

"for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?"

2 Corinthians 12:20

"For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder."

In these last days, the mentality of many church attendees is that as described in 2 Corinthians, full of self-exaltation and loathing of those they want to control but cannot.

God never commanded us to control, or manipulate others to suit our passion for power. He told us to love one another, speak the truth and defer to one another in the Lord.

Our first love is Christ and because of this we must speak the truth to those we love. How they receive it will tell us whether or not they are teachable and whether or not we remain with them. It makes no sense to remain with rebellious people who have been shown to hate the teachings of Christ through resistance to them.

James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

James 1:14 "But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire."

It is easy to submit to Christ in the matter of choosing our companions when He is the most important to us, even more important than our own lives.

1 Peter 5:8-11 "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen."

This life is not easy but it is full of joy when we obey Christ. We will be rejected by nearly all friends and family as well as judged and gossiped against without cause. Those who hate us will decide themselves to believe they have cause and will recruit others to think so too, but we have no fear or anguish because we know God sees it all, all the time.

Matthew 5:11-13

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

See that!!!! It is a blessing that they reject us and it is a blessing to come out from among them.

Do not fear or envy those who reject you, feel sorry for them because their judgment is coming if they do not repent.

What is not My Responsibility

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