Andy Hall writes:

In John 14 v12 Jesus said:  “…I tell you the truth anyone who believes in me will do what I have been doing and greater things still will he do because I am going to the Father…”

We owe the world an encounter with the miraculous power of Jesus shown in signs wonders and miracles. Anything less is just words easily dismissed.

“I tell you the truth”  literally Amen, Amen. This is a phrase Jesus used when He was making an essential truth statement , prick up your ears, pay attention and obey.

“Anyone who has faith…” Jesus addresses this to every believer not just some special group. He’s expecting all believers to engage with this.

“…has faith…” the context is believing in the miracles of Jesus. The word faith here is used 99 times in John’s gospel and means to believe, to be persuaded, to place confidence in, to really trust and commit. According to James “faith without works is dead” so according to Jesus’ faith without the supernatural works of Jesus power is equally dead!

“Greater things…” Not only are we expected to do what Jesus modelled in His life but greater than this both in quantity, quality and scale can be expected around believers in Jesus. The Gospels and Acts were just a starting point not an end point of Jesus ministry.

“…because I am going to the Father…” The glorification of Jesus allows the amplification of His works! The cross deals with sin, the resurrection deals with death, the ascension deals with all the authority of Satan and all his work.

My job as a believer is to articulate heaven’s heart towards the lost that they may become the found. Everywhere we go we must preach Christ and if necessary, use words. Signs, wonders and miracles are an eloquent preaching of the reality of Jesus for all who receive them from us.

We must be aware of the realities of heaven if we are to touch earth. The depth of the foot print I leave on the earth is proportional to the weight of God’s Glory that I carry!

Andy Hall Associate Minister CCBN