Verily, verily, I say unto you, 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 unto the Father.
Christ's power does not end with His own person but flows through His whole Church. He gives His servants not merely to repeat His works but to perform greater ones in His name.
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When Peter converted three thousand at one sermon, Christ's promise was fulfilled; the disciple appeared above his Master. This pleased Christ's wisdom: to work greater things by weak hands than He wrought Himself, because He was not the builder but the Foundation itself.
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Christ's Divinity was proven not only while He dwelt on earth but far more powerfully when He ascended. The wonderful conversion of the world displayed His power more strikingly in His absence than in His bodily presence.
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