He who believes in Me....

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.

The "works" of Yeshuwah are twofold: 1) the laying of the foundation for our redemption, which He did alone, and 2) the producing of the OUTCOME of the first work, accomplished through 'he who believes in Me,' by the Ruach haQodesh.

"He who believes"

Have we determined what believing is? It is believing everything in the Word of God applies to us – right now. Lip-serving, presumptious people cannot do His works, because they have not His NAME (Character, Attitude). Believers act exactly like the Messiah, because they are exactly like Him, as His brothers. This co-partnership, or joint-heirship with Messiah produces the resulting "greater works."

Not one of us has the wisdom or ability to accomplish anything for 'Elohiym. Apart from the Messiah, we can do nothing of eternal value. This is something many people do not understand. We are powerless to do "great things" for Yeshuwah if we don't LIVE in the Presence of the Father and welcome His way constantly!! A vast majority of ‘professing believers’ never grasp this reality.

It is amazing how much is done PRESUMING to be "in His Name." The Messiah says STOP "working for Yeshuwah" and BEGIN co-laboring WITH Me! This involves a radical prayer life of waking up daily and asking,

"Ok, Father, what do YOU want me to do today?

Here I am and I wait to hear Your agenda.

Amen"

There may be days where you sit at His feet LISTENING to Him. Then He may say, "I want you to go and speak to so and so about Me. They need this word I am about to give you." Or He may say, "I want you to give so and so some money. They are crying out for help to get back on their feet." You say, "Yes, Lord!" and get up and do what He wants, only to return to your place at His feet to visit some more. He might some day even ask you to go preach to 10,000 people in a stadium, and you do so with the same simplicity you did when you went to visit "so and so" down the street with a word. Don't limit Him or test Him. THIS is believing.

Greater Works

This is how the greater works are done. What is important about this? Through this exercise we learn to CO-LABOR with Him...meeting with Him personally. The counsel of the Lord for the day is worth years of striving to build a ‘ministry.’

Many shut down the true nature of the "greater works" by teaching (and I use the term lightly here) that we have the "complete canon of Scripture" and we don't NEED this very personal encounter with the Lord. He is "up there" and we are "down here" and never the twain shall meet in an upclose and personal way. We don't have gifts and miracles and signs and wonders nowadays because all that stopped with the shlachiym. How sad. No wonder 99.9% of "christianity" is dead. Worship of the past and of the far off future destroys 'emuwnah and also blocks the flow of His "greater works." Since the greater works come through His BODY, the greater works are not seen in the world!

Many xtians proudly show all their doctrinal purity, their ability to sniff out and snuff out heresies, their Seminary degrees and knowledge of scripture from Bre'shiyth through Chazown. Many have awesomely studied out theories and devoted their entire lives proving those theories about 'Elohiym to be correct. But where is the HEART? They, like the congregation at Ephesus, do not demonstrate a walking relationship before the Father. They have lost their first love, and the hand of 'Elohiym is upon their mnowrah, ready to make it very dark for them, unless they REPENT (return to Him, stop sinning, desiring His way and getting back into the "greater works").

So we see that "greater works" is a product of he who believes in Me, not big ministry machines, TV shows, Mega-churches, huge building projects, tapes, books, crowds, Seminary scholars and denominations. It is doing what the Father does through the Messiah who dwells in believers through the Ruach haQodesh. How simple to he who believes in me. How seemingly unreachable to the natural mindset.