Bible Questions Answered:
What does “greater works than these.” mean?
Walter H./ Sydney, Australia
Bible Answers:
The scripture to which you refer is ...
John 14:12-14 KJV
[12] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
[13] And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
[14] If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
To be sure our Lord's words have reference to His spiritual work for the Kingdom of God, i.e. Spiritual Work.
E.g.
Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
[18] And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
[19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen
Mark 16:15-18 NIV
15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
In my name they will drive out demons;
they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands;
and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all;
(Snakes & Poison: Not something sought after (Matthew 4:5-7), rather something come
upon by misfortune...as in ..the viper the Apostle Paul
picked up at the island of Melita, though bitten, protected by God, Acts 28:1-6./ Poison,
or deadly thing-Daniel escaped the Lion's den, by the
hand of God, Daniel 6:20-22.
they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Now this promise is also true of secular accomplishments by ....
Engineers, Doctors, Scientists, Psychologists, Contractors, etc., etc., ....
And our world is amazed every year at what inventive minds have thought of. And what of tomorrow, it appears that the only limit man will have, will be his imagination. May all our accomplishments, be guided by righteousness.
Matthew 17:20 KJV
[20] And Jesus said unto them,...verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Mark 9:23 KJV
[23] Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
But of all the important accomplishments of mankind there is only one and only one, that is mandatory, for life in the world to come!
John 6:28,29 KJV
[28] Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
[29] Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.
