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could do that, but you can’t, you’re just a worm. He’s the Son of God. How dare you think you
could do something like that.”
As a Person, as our Sacrifice for sin, Jesus is in a class by Himself. Nobody else could pay the
price for our sin. Nobody else could do what He did in obtaining our redemption. But in His
ministry, His teaching, His preaching, His ministering to the sick, and in the miracles that
happened, He did them as an example for us to follow and told us to do the same. The church has
not believed that. Christians have not believed that at all.
If you don’t know this, the enemy will rob you. You read about every victory, every miracle,
every healing, every deliverance in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and you get all excited
about it, but then the devil comes and says, “Yeah, but that was Jesus. That was Jesus. He could
do that because He’s the Son of God, but don’t you think you can.”
That’s not why the Lord did it. He demonstrated to us how to walk in authority, how to walk in
power. He got it back and He gave it to us. He gave it to the 12, He gave it to the 70, and you see
it continue in the Book of Acts after He’s in heaven. You see the same kind of thing, and the
Book of Acts is still being written. The acts of the Church, and the acts of the Holy Spirit and the
Church—it’s still being written; it’s not done. Some people talk about the Early Church and the
latter Church like they are two different Churches. We’re part of the same Church.
John 14:10 says, “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the
works.” See, Jesus didn’t take credit for the works that happened through Him. He never said, “I
did it.” He said, “The Father in Me,” He did it. Obviously He’s operating as a man. In verses 11
and 12 He said, “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for
the very works’ sake. Verily, verily,” now when we hear “verily,” we should become all ears.
We should realize He is saying something that is an everlasting truth, and He’s endeavoring to
impress it upon us, otherwise He would have just said it. If He had just said it, it’s true forever,
but if He says, “Listen to me now. Verily, verily, this is a truth, an everlasting truth,” what is an
everlasting truth? “He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also.” We believe it.
People think they’re honoring and respecting Jesus, but they’re doing just the opposite. If you
respect Jesus, you need to respect what He said right here. But people think, “Oh, now, Jesus
could do that. He could speak to the wind and the waves. He could cast out demons. He could
minister to the sick, but He’s Jesus. He’s Jesus, and you’re not.” Well, we already knew that. But
they think, “I have more respect for Jesus because I’m not going to bring Him down to a human
level.” He’s the One Who brought Himself down to the human level and became a man and
operated as a man, showing us how it could be done. We need to believe what He said, don’t we?
“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 to My Father.”
Now that applies to us. It applies to anyone who believes on Him. We see an example of it with
the 12 and the 70. We’re sure it’s God’s will for all of us to be healed because He has given us
authority over demons and over disease.
