JOHN | Greater Works?! | John 14:12-14 | Byrd, C. (Guest)

The reading for the preaching of the word today comes from John chapter 14. John chapter 14. John beginning at verse 12.

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The context here, of course, is the upper room just with his disciples to the night, but he's going to leave the trades. So as he gathers with him, he said these words that hear now God's holy, inspired and inerrant Word, Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me, will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will be do. Because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it with God's word and your added flesh and joy. You may be seated.

Let me pray now for that the blessing of the Lord on either preaching before we be glory in prayer.

Lord our God, we thank you for your words. Lord, be it from fear now with your news, speak for us. We pray for your blessing.

Lord, I pray that you would grant your servant clarity, boldness, power, and that you would bless us through the Holy Spirit.

Lord, we know that we if we hear your words, but your spirits doesn't drive into our hearts of his power, and we will leave fear unchanged. We don't want to be unchanged, Lord, we ask that You would give us ears to fear your word. We ask Lord that you would give our US hearts that are neat to receive it. We pray that through Your word for you might stir us as Lord you have said that your word is profitable for doctrine, for retreat, for correction, for training in righteousness, that you might be complete and thoroughly equipped for every good work that we pray that now you would seek us Lord, that You would rebuke us, that you would correct us and that you would train us for us unto you, fruitfulness we ask for you, stronghold that you might be glorified in us when it's in Jesus that we pray for Amen.

Well, I want to begin by asking you a question, how many of you have done greater works than Jesus told in His earthly ministries, you've done greater works than Jesus did in His earthly ministry. Now, I won't ask for a short time, but if you can't raise your hands, when Jesus says, here take a problem as fear. In a passage, Jesus says something remarkable, that the one believing in Him greater works than just the psyche saw him do in a 30 minute speech.

Now this is an amazing passage, and it's one of those passages that I remember years ago readings coming along and going through my Bible reading and saying, Wow, what is saying here? Can't mean what it sounds like he's saying? Well, whatever he's saying, I'm not sure. Let me just move on. But here Jesus says something remarkable. This is a really, an amazing, remarkable passage. Now the context of it. Is the night he's going to be betrayed. He's with his disciples, and He is sharing with them the things like the most important things that they need to remember to prepare them for life after his departure, after his death and resurrection and reflection. And it's in the context of that that he says these remarkable words. What is Jesus saying here as we walk through this passage, I want to unpack it by really answering three questions. Number one, what are the greater works that Jesus is speaking about here?

Number two, why will we do greater works? And thirdly, how will we do greater works? What are the greater works? Why will we do greater works? And how will we do greater works? So, if there are no takers, there's your outline, what, why and how.

So first, what are the greater works that Jesus was speaking about? Now he begins this with the words truly, truly, I say to you. And whenever Jesus begins anything by saying truly, truly, I say to you, he's about to say something that's really remarkable, even unbelievable, and yet nevertheless calls for a response of faith. And certainly, here he is about to say, he is saying something that is remarkable, Truly, truly, I seek you. Whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do. Now it's up there. What are the works that Jesus came to do?

As Jesus is in his ministry sent by the Father, He came to minister the people. He came to heal, to gather in missing sheep into his father's kingdom, and just sanctify them. When he said, Follow me. I'll make you fishers of men. Jesus came fish men out of this dark and Lost World. And when He called His disciples, He said, I'm calling you into that work. And so here he says, The One believing in me, if you believe in Jesus, you are a believer in Jesus. You're a disciple of him. You too have been called into his works of ministering to people, bringing healing and gathering in bringing and building up holiness, going after souls and holiness, gathering in and building up that with Jesus straight aim. He says, The One believing in him will be and believe in that work, that the work that you believer having called Thank you. But he continues, and even greater works, right? And greater works than these, will he do? Greater works than you've seen me do at the one believer means will do now these, again, are essentially remarkable statement, and just to grasp how remarkable this is, consider for a moment the things that Jesus did in His earthly ministries, that he thought heal, to gather in and build up. We go back to the beginning of John. You see Jesus turning water into wine with his words at the wedding feast, you see him giving sight to a man born blind. You see him feeling a paralytic. You see him feeling a Centurion son. You see him John chapter six, feeding a multitude of 5000 men, so maybe 20,000 people with five loaves and three fish. And then in John chapter 11, you see him raise a man from the dead like that was the most recent work that he had done that we've known, and it had been probably just several weeks before Jesus is here in the room with his disciples and saying these words. You remember Victoria Lazarus, the friend of Jesus, brother, Mary, Martha, and he's sick. He dies. He put in a in a tomb. He's there for four days, rotting. And Jesus comes, and he that stands in front of Lazarus come forth from that grave. Here, this man laying in a tomb for four days dead, comes out looking straight for alive. That's an. Mange and miracle. And in fact, in John chapter 12, John tells us that the many multitude were gathered there in Jerusalem and following Jesus because they wanted to see this man who had raised Lazarus from the dead. And they wanted to see Lazarus, the one who had been raised, because they said, Yeah. I mean, Whoever heard of a man who'd been dead for four days being raised from the dead.

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Maybe someone's there, and then they go flat line, and then a few moments away, a few minutes later, they're brought back.

This guy was in it soon for four days. Never heard of that. And so with Jerusalem all astir of this news of this great miracle worker is in that context that Jesus says to His disciples, Whoever believes in me will be greater ones and disciples greater works. What could possibly be greater than bring, than bringing someone who's been in the coffin four days back from the dead. Well, you know, it's greater once the greatest works in, bringing someone in the coffin back from the dead, bringing someone in the coffin at sin, the eternal life in Christ back with a far greater worth. Opening the eyes. You know, what's greater than giving sight to a person born physically blind, opening the eyes and a person gives spiritually blind the glory of God, that is a far greater work.

So what are the greater works that Jesus is speaking about here? The works of conversion, bringing people from death, spiritual death, to life, eternal, life and fever, the work for convergence. All right, so you might be sitting here thinking, Ah, the greater works.

Okay, right, right. People getting saved. Getting people saved. Okay. But, man, if my aunt Jones, he died of cancer.

She could have been brought back from the grave and heel of a cancer. Now that would have been an amazing miracle. So often that that's the way we think.

But if you're sitting here and here thinking that right now, brothers and sisters, you need perspective. We need perspective. Think for a moment about your unbelieving aunt Jones, who is on a hospital death bed with terminal cancer, and you pray, and God steals her miraculously, and the doctors say, well, we can't explain it.

Maybe your prayers. Want to done something now that could be a great feeling, but if your aunt Jonas remains in her unbelief, then what gives that feeling? Do forget to maybe 10 more years of life to increase her judgment, her condemnation on the Day of Judgment. Others are sisters, someone coming from death, spiritual death to life. And being spiritually blind as genes, as a far is a far greater work. And Jesus says the one believing in me will be a part to do so greater works. Let me ask you a question, did Lazarus, after Jesus brought him out of Tomb? Did Lazarus go back into the grave? Yeah, maybe it was five years later, maybe 10 years later. But there was another funeral procession, and he was once again laid in the tomb.

But because but on the great day when the trumpet sounds last week is going to come out of that tune once more forever and a resurrected body to enter into the glory of a new creation, to dwell with God and His speaker for all eternity. The key raised a life through the power of Jesus and His cross brethren, says that the far greater works, and that's what Jesus says, The One believing in me, whoever believes in me, will do greater works than you see me do here.

But what are the greater works, the works that convert salvation and Sultan death to life darkness, the kingdoms of God's marvelous light. And I want you to note also here that Jesus is not just seekings about the apostle. Look again at verse 12.

Right? Truly, truly. I say to you, whoever believe in me, he doesn't just say, Hey, you apostles. I request I especially appointed you, so you are going to do greater work. So he said, Whoever believes in me, the Greek is there, the one believing in me. So if you are a believer in Jesus, you are united Jesus by faith. You've been brought from death to life and brought into his body and kingdom. You people said, you will be an instrument of that work of salvation. You too bear fruit. In fact, that's one of the signs of living faith in Jesus that through you people are coming to know Jesus. Who use people are being sanctified in Jesus. So what are the greater works, the works of conversion. But that brings us to our second point, why will the one believing in Jesus do these greater works? Well, look, it's right. The answer is right here in a text, look at this next part of verse, 12, and greater works than these. Will he do? Because I am going to the Father. So why Christian? Will you do the greater works at the Virgin, because Jesus is going to the Father.

Alright? You answer that question. Okay. But what is Jesus going to the Father?

Have to do with anything. Have to do with it. Why? Because I am going to the Father. And why would this bring about this amazing truth, because in going back to the Father, Jesus is going by way of the cross, and by going to the cross, he is dealing with our greatest father. Now you look around this world, you don't have to be a PhD to know there's something wrong with the world. This world is deeply broken, deeply messed up. Read that has the news headline. You see wars and oppression all over the over the world. You look at the local local papers, and you see you drive through your communities.

You see drug addiction, alcohol violence. You see you look at your communities. You see broken families, fatherless at children. You see crying, theft, you see fighting. You see bitterness, jealousy. And you don't even have to look out your community. You can look in your own homes, your own household.

You can look your own self, and you see the darkness everywhere.

You don't have to be a Christian to know that there's something wrong with the world. Everybody knows it. The question is, what is at the root for millennia, for 1000s of years, humanity has been trying to solve the problems of the world, to make this world a better place. And they give their answers. Some say, Well, what's wrong with the world? It's education, after Daniel was talking to someone yesterday, so, yeah, we just need education to address people. Just have the right education. That's what's wrong with the world. Well, the Greeks tried creating the perfect society through education, failed. Some people say, Well, what's wrong with the world?

It's poverty. People just don't have meanings, and that creates crime and unhappiness and fighting and theft and wars. And so the answer is, just give money. Give money to people. We can give people stuff. Well, America's been planning welfare programs for the last 80 years.

Not solvable problem. Some people say, Well, the problem is power disparity, and people are powerless. That's where, that's where, that's where the problem comes from. And if we just take power from the powerful and give power to the powerless, then we'll create our great society.

Well, socialist government's been doing that we live for decades, and yet it doesn't solve the world sovereigns, because, my friends, the problem of the world is not the environment, not lack of education, not lack of money, not power disparity, but the problem of the world is which we. Spiritual perceives Paul strange. This is what God says, what's what's wrong with the world? Is to take everyone said, I am. The problems is rooted in the human heart and rebellions against God, the loves of self and not the living God, the Creator. And so the only solution is what God promised to the prophet of Jesus, I will take out a part of strength and give you a new heart, living heart, a heart of flesh, a heart transparent, and I will wash you clean of all of your filth and idolatry will cleanse you and give you peace and reconciliation with me, the living God that is the real solution, is worldview. That is the solution that you and I need. And Jesus, if the God man, if the man, God man who came to bring the solution, and that solution produced his execution on the cross. On the cross, as Jesus was hanging there, he who had no sin became sin. The father looked down and saw the sun. He saw the rebellious heart. For Saul, the ugliness of sin. And Jesus was executed, and on the third day, he rose again from the dead, no longer a sin, but as he is holy, righteous Son of God, he came out of the graves with new life, with his heart as a gift to sin, with new life of sinners, having shed the blood that reconciled to you with God, and that is the real answer to sin. And if you're here this morning, and you see that you are trapped and you're enslaved to your sinful, corrupted diet. You're here this morning, and you you know that you're an enemy to his God was separated from him. You know that your captive to your constructor's life. When Jesus did you to come to him and look at him, he died and rose again, so that you might become a nuclear sin. You died and rose again, that you might be cleansed of all your sins, be reconciled to your Creator, and he ascended into heaven and pour out the Holy Spirit that you might have the life of Christ in you have wisdom, not death, but life, and you into those around you. And because Jesus died and rose again, the eyes of the spiritually blind can be open because Jesus died and rose again those who are dead in the coffin of their sins and rebellion, self worships, be made alive, new creations, because Jesus died and rose again, those who are lame and unable speak God and be made holy. This is the good news.

This is the gospel for the world. And so why will you and I? Why will the one believing in Jesus be able to do greater works? Conversion? Because Jesus died and rose again. Not only died and rose again, but when he went back to the Father, sent to the Holy Spirit again. What does the verse say? And great word means evil to you, because I am going to the Father. Now, when Jesus went back to the Father, He went through the way at the cross, he came out of the grave and 40 and then at 40 days later, ascended to heaven and then poured out the Holy Spirit.

And this is what he says later in John chapter 16, in verse seven, he's saying, he's telling them, I'm going to the Father, I'm going to leave you. And he looks at the face, he says he knew sad, like I just told you, I'm going away. The disciples were thinking, Jesus, what? What are we going to do without you?

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You're the Messiah. We were following you when you're gone.

But he says to them in verse seven, chapter six and verse seven, nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you, but if I go, I will send Him to you, and when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. He will convict the world. When I send him, he will take my power.

He will convict the world concerning. In language and judgment, brothers and sisters, do you realize what a privilege it is to live on this side of hectic bar? Maybe you're like me. So when I was younger, I used to read through the Old Testament and think, Man, those Israelites, they were lucky.

They could see the pillar of fire and the cloud following and the Red Sea parted. That was That must have been amazement, if I had been there. Well, I mean, just, I can't imagine how, how much my faith would be strengthened in it. But as I've gotten older, I've understood don't think that way anymore.

Boy, what a blessing it is to live on this side of Pentecost when Jesus died and rose again and pour out the Holy Spirit with the Holy Spirit now at work in the world, I mean, to grasp this, just think for a moment, how successful was Jesus earthly ministry in terms of making it like this? Think about it. Here is the Son of God. There's no greater preacher that ever walked the face of this earth, and for three years, he poured himself out night and day, preaching the gospel and attending it with amazing signs and miracles and wonders. And how many true disciples did he have at the end, as he's going to be taught, maybe 100 and 5200s when he met everywhere, most of unbelief, Sergeant heart, blindness, even as the disciples, the new disciples, Oh, you. Small faith lying, slow of heart, slow to believe. Well, fast forward. Now, few weeks after Jesus dies on the cross, puts the death the power of sin rises from the dead, brings resurrection light to light. He ascends to heaven and tells his disciples that they wait around in Jerusalem. I'm going to send the Holy Spirit. Then it's the day of Pentecost, pulls out the Holy Spirit, and Peter stands up. And remember Peter, you know, denying Jesus, cursing Jesus at the little girl that Peter stands up and he preaches this bold message, this Jesus, whom you crucified, God has made lord and savior. 5000s are cut, but 3000 are cut to the heart.

Others. What shall we do? We've been convicted by the Holy Spirit, Repent, be back after the given to you sins and usually receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 3000 people, one sermon, maybe 10 times what Jesus, oh, earthly ministry, made, and what was the difference? Jesus had gone to the Father through the prophet, poured out Holy Spirit. That same Holy Spirit is at work in this world today, in and through the church, His Church, His body. Why will you do greater works? It could be just like for the Father sent the Holy Spirit.

Now there might be you might there might be a tension in your mind at the moment. Okay, what are the greater works, the works of conversions. Okay, if you're saying the the works, greater work, the works of conversion, Jesus says, Whoever believes in me, right, you will do greater works. You think you will convert people? Well, what do you mean? You will convert people? Isn't that what Jesus especially not the work of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Yes, that is the work of Jesus. But Jesus had not died and risen again.

You and I would be blind. We would have no way. There would be no way to receive spiritual fights, no way to receive fearful life. It is only through the power and today, it's only through Jesus, death and resurrection that a person can receive eternal life. A person can be brought from the kingdom of darkness, God's kingdom of life. And without the Holy Spirit. It's the Holy Spirit who brings that life, who brings the sight, who washes the inside clean. It is only the Holy Spirit with your nation to you, you and I, at his infinite. Do with what Paul actually talks about this. It talks this way in First Corinthians nine. So he noted verse. Paul says to the Jews, I become like a Jew. To the Greeks, I become like the Gentiles. Become like a Gentile.

I become all things to all people in order that I may what save some. But wait, wait a minute, Paul, are you having a lapse of theology here? What do you mean? You will save some.

That's what Christ does. And Paul says, of course, did you read chapter three in the letter? I said, we are God's fellow workers. I planned it Apollos watered, but God is the One Who but God did increase for the workers of nothing, but it's God who does it through us. So you believe in defense are an ancient. Will be an ancient really believes we have followers, and used to be against them, believing story, though these are not so that brings us to our final point, greater works, the works inversion will do them succeed here, not to the Father sent the Holy Spirit be the way of The Cross, or how will you and I do the greater work? The answer is right in our text, look at verse 14 and 13, and whatever you ask in my name this I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. And actually, in the Greek there, there is a connecting word that's not translated in its ESV here, verse 13, it could say, so whatever you ask or end whatever you ask, in my name this, I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. So how will you and I do greater works?

Be bold believing prayer. How does God raise right? How does Jesus raise people from Spirit to death through and how does the Holy Spirit works? Well, we know that he works through the Word. And we talked quite a we talked about that at length yesterday at the conference, through the word that the Spirit works, and that's why we need to be people the word, meditating on it, knowing it, memorizing, filling ourselves with it. But what's interesting is here in the passage, Jesus isn't focused on the words, but he focuses on prayer. That's where it begins.

How will you do greater works through bold believing prayer.

Now this, here is another very arresting statement, really amazing. Whatever you ask in my name, this, I will do that was one of those that I remember reading and saying what I can't really do that. What is Jesus saying here? Well, first, let's talk about what Jesus is not saying.

So I'm driving down the highway six, eight green or whatever, here in my old 20 year old, 19 year old Honda with 350,000 miles, and I pass by a brand new Mercedes.

God, give me a new Mercedes in Jesus name, and when I get back the next week and I can expect to see a Mercedes in my driveway, right?

No, this is not, this is not what Jesus saying. Ever been to a restaurant and you know, the owner comes out and goes out, glad you're here with my restaurant. How is everything? I wish you need anything, just that, actually, the carpets in my house will get a little thread there. Could you send someone that could put some new ones in? Great. What do you say?

You have two heads, and you say, Well, you said, if I need anything, he said, I'm speaking with respect to my business. And so here Jesus, as we're speaking with respect to his father's business, to his kingdom.

Whatever you need. You. As you're seeking it souls and holiness, and I will give it to you whatever you need, right?

You see that there, and in fact, whatever you ask in my name this, I will do that so that the Father may be glorified in the sun. Now, let me ask you a question, when is the Father glorified in the Son? The Father is glorified in the Son, when a proud atheist becomes a humble worshiper fathers glorified in the sun because the power of Jesus his work is on display.

When is the Father glorified in the sons? When a drug addict or alcoholic becomes a sober follower of Jesus, ministering to other people who are caught in the difference the father glorifying the son. Because it's only because the power of Jesus, His life, His death and His resurrection is on display, and that when selfish, abusive husbands and fathers become caring, loving worshipers of Jesus, he raised their children and know the Lord we love their love the fight public church, The Father is glorified in your son because the power of Jesus, his work is on display When your unbelieving relatives come into the come to faith. Father glorified in the Son. And Jesus says, As you seek my kingdom and my righteousness, going after the salvation of souls, whatever you need, act, and I'll give it to you. And notice here that he urges, he invites Jesus invites His people to bold prayer. Look at those words, whatever you ask, if you ask anything in my name, those are big, comprehensive words. Jesus is saying pray boldly. Let me ask you a question. When you think about evangelism, you think about going on the streets, going down to a river wall and the church here, hey, we're going to go down to do some ministry there and invite you to come out. Or you think about your unbelieving neighbor, a co worker, a relative. You think about sharing Christ with them, sharing the gospel. What are the barriers to evangelism for you?

What stops you and prevents you from sharing Christ and engaging in the work. Is it fear? I'm afraid of what will happen, or afraid of what people say I'll pay to what people think I'm afraid of losing? There's fear, the fear you're very fear. Stop You, Jesus, that you need boldness. Ask. I'll give it to you. Maybe it's, maybe it's, I don't know what to say. It's the barrier, you know, I just, I don't know what to say. I don't know how to articulate the gospel. And then, you know, people, I'm afraid people are going to ask a question I won't know how to answer it. I just, and Jesus says, you need wisdom, ask, give it to you. Maybe it's lack of opportunity. You know, I just, I'm kind of, don't feel like I rub shoulders with unbelievers when I work in it, don't rub shoulders with unbelievers very much, and I don't really have the opportunity to share. And Jesus says, you need opportunity. You need an open door. Ask. I'll give it to you. In fact, that's one, that's one prayer that I've seen God. God hasn't failed to answer that. He almost always answers in the affirmative, and immediately you're praying for an open door. You're driving to work. Lord, give me an opportunity open a door to share you with someone to speak with you're going back to you know, to meet some college friends or reunion. Lord, for a party or a shower, baby shower. Lord, give to me an opportunity to speak of you. To someone open a beer. You need an opportunity ask. I'll give it to you. Maybe you're apathetic. Is is apathy a barrier? Well, when I'm honest with myself, I just don't really care. And Jesus said union zeal.

Ask. I'll give it to you. Maybe it's selfishness. When I talk to people, I get argumentative and I just I don't really, I don't really like people. You. Jesus, you need love, I'll give it to you. There is no barrier too big for Jesus, whatever you need at I'll give it to you. But notice, he doesn't just invite us to bold prayer, but secondly, he invites us to believing prayer.

Believing prayer. Look at verse 14. Do you notice how Jesus repeats himself here? Right?

Whatever you ask my name this, I will do that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. Now. Why does Jesus repeat himself? Maybe some of you parents went away for the first time. You went away for a week, and you left the kids at home, charge of the house, and you're remembering the recycling and the trash is to go out. So moms, you say to your son, okay, make sure you take out the trash on Monday, and the recycling goes out on three day, and then you walk peaked up and you stop around remember, gosh on Monday, recycling on Tuesday. And why do you repeat yourselves? Because you know your chosen proclivity and not take the heart of what you're saying to forget about it here. Jesus knows our proclivities, not take the heart what he's saying. He knows our proclivities. And when you don't take something to heart that Jesus said, You know what that is, unbelief. Jesus knows our proclivities to unbelief, and you know unbelief is a problem in the church, I think when the Lord just really exposed to myself when I first started doing regular evangelism 11 weeks ago, unbelief was even a problem. And theologically solid performed Presbyterian churches, you know, one of the signs of faith, one sign of faith and prayer is earnest.

Imagine it's Christmas morning and you know, you're going to mom's house for for the big family, extended family Christmas dinner, and you were tasked with bringing the pump and making and bringing the pumpkin pie. So it's early, early Christmas morning, you get up, it starts with pies, and you're like, oh, no, you don't have any eggs. Now you can't show up to mom's house without the pumpkin pie, and the stores are all closed. So what do you do? You go out your door, you look at go to your one neighbors, look around. You don't see a car in the park or in the driveway, and the shades are down. I don't know you have any lights, but you knock on the door. Give me your bags. No answer. Maybe you knock a second time, no answer. What do you do while you move on? Obviously, probably nobody are there. You go over to the other neighbors.

There's cars in the driveway.

You see lights on in the back, you knock on that door, no answer. Pretty sure you hear some music, you knock on door again. No answer. Okay, I need those eggs that can't show up, right? That's what you do. You keep knocking because you know somebody's in there. And when you believe Jesus word, what do you do? You go to Him in prayer, and you ask earnestly, and you keep asking because you know he's there. You know his promise. You know that he forgot his ears. You pray earnestly for the law. Would you would you?

Would you be willing to gather with your brothers and sisters on a weekly basis, physically or by phone? You pray for the Lord to work in the lost people that are in your life, to work and to bring in a harvest here in Tampa, here in this neighborhood, and pray. And when you do, you pray a couple times, and you prayed a couple times for an opportunity or for an unbeliever in your life that you care about, nothing seemed to happen. What do you do? Well, yeah, we tried that. We tried the whole pair of things that we didn't do enough. Whatever you know, like that. Whatever you need ask, I'll give it to you.

Dr, G, was that so he invites us the bold believing prayer, and that's how you will become an instrument of God's saving work of Jesus. The statement where building up the agreement. So, if we conclude, let me ask you to imagine something for a moment. Imagine Bell even here, over the next few years, filled with people we've had adult baptisms. We've had families come in that had no church background, and now their kids are being a disciple. You have relatives that, right now, at this moment, don't know the Lord, that are here because they love you and they're growing in him. You have people from the apartments next door that are here with a wonderful testimony about how God used you to bring them in, and this church is full of people who have come in refused from you to do that. You believe that could happen. You long for that?

Jesus says, Truly, truly. I say to you, whoever believes in me, the one reason reads, will not just do the works that I do, but greater works indeed, because I'm going to the Father, Jesus is going to the father works and so until he says, how will you do the work? Begin with bold believing prayer, whatever, whatever you ask in my name, this I will do the Father may be glorified in the Son. You ask me anything in my name, I will hear salvation Scriptures. He believes that Jesus is preaching to you. If words are true, Truly, truly, they are true.

Believe be used by God that your joy might be destroyed. God might be glorified. Lord, our God, we thank You for this word, and even as we come Lord to you, we confess our own unbelief, our own slowness of heart, and we ask, Lord that you would give us grace to receive what you have spoken through us, that you would make us fruitful, people doing greater works, and people Lord, a church of Prayer, bold, deluded birth. We ask these things because it's our desire that you might be exalted above all that your name might be exalted above all that you might be glorified. We ask these things for the sake of Your glory and that our joy might be full and within Jesus that we pray amen.