When Jesus was about to go to the Father, He spoke to His disciples in John 14:23. He said Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works I do he will also do: and greater works he will do, because I go to the Father. As individuals, we can't really do more than Jesus did as He had the Spirit without measure, we are not more powerful than Jesus. But, as the body of Christ, we have the opportunity reach and help more people than Jesus and His disciples were able to during their time on earth. Jesus performed many miracles during His three years of ministry. more than could be counted. Many people remember his miracles, but we do not always stop and think about the importance of His teachings. Jesus came to bring us life, life more abundantly. He came so that we might come to know the Father, that though Him, we might have forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Jesus came to reveal God to us. Most importantly of all He came to bring us salvation, the greatest mira
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:1-5 We’ve all heard the saying don’t judge a book by its cover but what does that really mean? In a simple way it means that we shouldn’t judge something by the way it looks or seems to be. It is only natural as human beings to make judgements about things. We constantly make assumptions about things from what we see, hear and experience. But what about when we make judgements without looking deeper than surface appearances? When we first meet someone we