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."