Brendan Mc Crossan
Doing the works of Jesus
Chapter one
John14-11- 11-14"Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can't believe that, believe what you see these works. The person who trusts me will not only do what I'm doing but even greater things, because “I, on my way to the Father,” “am giving you” the “same work” to do that “I've been doing.” You can count on it. From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I'll do it. That's how the Father will be seen for who he is in the Son. I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I'll do.
Jesus said this about himself but the same rings true for you also, you cannot work a miracle or heal a blind man or raise the dead unless those works were assigned you just as Jesus was
Brendan Mc Crossan
Doing the works of Jesus
If you ever wondered what you should be doing as a Christian then you need wonder no more, you have clear enough instructions in these scriptures. The first question you need to ask is what works did Jesus do? You need to look at the works of Jesus to see what he did, because after all when you read these scriptures you will see that you are expected to continue doing the works of Jesus. He went about preaching about the kingdom of heaven and telling folk how to get there, and then he healed their sick and delivered those who were demon possessed. Then he turned around and said to you and me- “The person who trusts me will not only do what I'm doing but even greater things.” You are going to do even greater things than Jesus according to Jesus himself, how you may ask? Simple, it is because he said so. You are going to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and deliver those oppressed by the devil, exactly the same as Jesus and oh by the way your also going to raise the dead just like Jesus, the greater things I don’t know what they will be, but if Jesus said greater things than this will you do because he is in you, then those greater things will happen, providing that you are willing to step out for Jesus, to lay hands on the sick. You have to make the first effort; you are the one who has to die to self and embarrassment to tell folks, “come for prayer and let Jesus heal you.” This is when miracles and healings and deliverances happen when you do the work assigned you, and the greatest thing to know is that these works have been prepared from before time even began by God the Father, so what have you to fear, it’s already done as far as the Father is concerned all you have to do is, “say to the mountain be thou removed and it will be removed by God himself,” now the mountain I’M talking aboutis themountain of sicknessand disease, you willbedoing thesamework as Jesus backed by all his own power and authority, and the will of God. “It's the work the Father gave me to complete.” Just like the work the Father gave Jesus, you are fulfilling Jesus work in you today and the Father endorses that work by sings and wonders following you in Jesus name. We have to trust the lord believing that he knows what’s best for us; after all he created us to do these works, for and through him, through his grace and his grace alone.
John-5-34-But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John's witness. It's the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it.
Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing. {The Message Bible}
It is not by an accident that you met a little old lady, who was crippled in her body, and you offered her a prayer for healing; this was predestined for you to do the works of God, God had all this thought out from before he even made the world or anything else. That we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us. God had all the works already planned out for you to do and all he wanted from you was to walk in those works daily, they have been predestined, planned before hand for you. Taking paths that he prepared ahead of time, from before the world even began God had these things for you to do to glorify him, and to lift you up. Were supposed to be living the good life, show me the path that I should walk oh lord teach me your ways, said the Psalm writer, and I ask the same thing also from my Father.
Look God has us where he wants us, isn’t that fantastic, I am exactly where God wants me to be now at this very moment, as he showers grace and kindness upon me. None of the amazing miracles I have had done through me were by my creating but by God’s gift and grace from start to finish. We have been created to join Jesus in the work he does, the good work he has ready for us to do, and its work we had better be doing! Wow that’s strong language. How many Christians are doing the work of God? And the works of God according to scripture is to believe in his Son Jesus. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing. He tells us that we had better be doing the works he has ready for us. How many Christians are doing the work that they had better be doing? Are you healing the sick, delivering those oppressed and possessed by Satan raising the dead, both spiritual and physical dead are you sharing with others about Jesus and the kingdom of heaven? If not then do you not think it is about time that you did, as scripture say, “work we had better be doing.”
Ephesians-2-7- 7-10
Ephesians -2-10- 10For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. {Amplified Bible}
assigned his works as he testified. The miracles and signs and wonders confirm that the Father sent you to do his work through you; you are just human with a God inside you doing the works of God. And they confirm to others that God sent you, even if they don’t believe it, deep down inside them they know that God sent you. The works you do in Jesus name is the confirmation, the witness that God is with you.
You and I have a work to do and that work has been set in stone before God even laid out the foundations of the earth, before Adam and Eve even set foot on this planet from before they were even created, God had the whole lot though out through and through, he never makes mistakes. Your ancestors were your ancestors because God chose those very ancestors for you, to shape and mould your character, then God himself would come and remould you into his own personal image and likeness, just the same as Jesus when you became born again of your own free will.
You may think there is nothing for me to for God, I have no talents or gifts or anything special, but you are wrong you have every single gift and power for doing the will of God according to the word of God in
The gracious gifts he has given you, has means something is already yours; all of your eloquent words, wow I bet you didn’t think you knew many eloquent words and all your knowledge, wow! I have knowledge too? Now you have every spiritual gift you need, for the right moment at the right time, God’s time, and words of eloquence and knowledge and gifts will flow from you as you do the works God has prepared before the foundation of the world, those works that he predestined for you to do with his power in you, and you can know for certainty that the person your praying with will be healed or raised from the dead or whatever it is God set out for you to do.
God’s plan is wiser than the wisest of human plans, so let’s seek with all our hearts the plans of God and let us walk in them doing the work set out for us.
John -14-11-I“am giving you” the “same work” to do that “I've been doing.” You can count on it.
I am giving you, who are you? You who read this that’s who you are, you are the born again believer that has been empowered with the Holy Spirit to do the works of Jesus that have been
Now we have work to do; so lord direct our paths so that we will find the true paths that you laid out from before time and lead us on those paths, keeping us steady on the walk with you.
1-Corinthians-1-24-But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.
1- Corinthians -1-4-I always thank my God for you and forthe gracious gifts he has given you, now that you belong to Christ Jesus. Through him, God has enriched your church in every way—with all of your eloquent words and all of your knowledge. 6 This confirms that what I told you about Christ is true. 7 Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will keep you strong to the end so thatyou willbefreefromallblameon theday when ourLord JesusChristreturns. 9 God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. {New Living Translation Bible}
You can’t be serious, I have been given the same works that Jesus had been doing, that means that I am expected to heal the sick lay hands on the suffering, command sickness to get out and demons to leave, just like Jesus did?”
For an example of seeing through the eyes of the spirit, in church on Sunday, I looked at a Caribbean woman and the word pregnant flashed through my mind, after a while I was drawn to look at her again, and again the word pregnant entered my mind. I had heard this woman say in church about a year ago that she could not have children and had lost two or three I’m not sure, now when I looked at her I know for fact that she is pregnant, when I spoke with her and her husband outside she told me she was waiting on her period, but then she told me that she had received a prophecy that she would become pregnant before this year is out. So I wait for that word to come into being.
Jesus followed what he saw the Father do, in his spirit he knew what the Father wanted.
assigned to you by the Father God from before time even began, you have been given the same
John-6-28- 28Then said they unto him, what shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Jesus said, “This is the work of God that you believe in him whom God sent.”Believing in Jesus is the work that God wants us doing first and foremost, for without believing in Jesus you can do no great works of God. Believing is having faith in someone you cannot see or touch or hear clearly from, it is putting trust in Jesus with everything you have, putting aside your disbeliefs and doubts and choosing to believe Jesus in the face of every contradictory thing this evil world tells you; believing Jesus above every thing that screams at you, don’t trust, you will be let down by God and Jesus, but God and Jesus never let us down no matter what it may look like at times. Remember that God had your life thought out from before he
I had a similar experience a year and a half ago in church, there was a young woman sitting down in her seat a few rows in front of me and as I looked around the church before the service, I had the same word when I looked at this woman, “pregnant,” and had an urge to pray for her baby as it was in danger, thinking this is weird I can’t even see this woman’s face and I have this word pregnant and then later pray for her baby. Later the woman got up to go to the toilet and as she passed me I was shocked to see that she was plainly pregnant, the word was correct. Later after the service I got a chance to pray with her husband then offered her a little prayer as her back was out, and she was in pain, and the lord fixed it, and I said a quiet prayer for the baby’s protection without telling her; I didn’t wish to alarm her or distress her. Now the baby is six months old and doing great, but it was this one word “pregnant” that I heard, and when I heard it again I touched the Caribbean woman on the shoulder in way of saying bye, bye and asked God to protect that baby and her.
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Yes and your also supposed to tell everyone about the kingdom of heaven, which made simple, is salvation, and how easy it is to get into heaven through accepting Jesus as lord and saviour. Who expects me to do these things – “the writer”? No Dumbo it is Jesus who expects you to do these things that’s why you have been empowered to do them, he done then through the power of the Holy Spirit operating inside him directing him to heal this person or that person, he didn’t just pick people out at random he followed what he saw the Father doing as scripture says, he saw through the eyes of the spirit.
Psalm-119- 10With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or wilfully] from Your commandments.
With my whole heart have I sought you, lord this is what I desire to do seek you with my whole heart, to follow your plans and not mine, to search for your glory and not for mine.
Pray this Psalm as often as you remember.
Psalm-119-35-Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. Amen
the works of Jesus is easy you believe Jesus lives in you, like he said he does, you believe the Father lives in you like he said he does and you believe that the Holy Spirit is living in you because he said he does, and it is these three who do the works of Jesus through you, using your hands and mouth to reach people.
even thought of making the earth, he knows the plans he has for each and every one of us, there are no mistakes with God regarding us, his plan is perfect and he has taken in every possible scenario including things that the devil would do and try to do to you or your loved ones, the lord had contingency plans in place counteracting every move of Satan, like two people playing chess the amateur and the professional, the professional will always win because he can predict every counteractive move the other player is considering making, he has a complete strategy in place, and that makes him the winner every time; sometimes a chess player will sacrifice a pawn to lure the opponent into a false sense that he has the upper hand but it is luring him into defeat, then the master strikes and its game over. Sometimes it will seem like Satan has won but remember the chess master he has the checkmate already in his Doingsight.
You have been called to heal the sick, to give sight to the blind, to raise the dead, to do the works of Jesus and to do it now, don’t ever leave off until tomorrow to step out for the lord, tomorrow might not come for you, or even for the person you are being called to pray for or with. What have you to lose, nothing but your pride if it doesn’t seem to work, and we all could do with losing our pride we have too much of it as it is.