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Brad
At 03:20 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>How do you all look stuff in the Greek, what do you use?
>Rhonda
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:17 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Something to think about
>
>Look the word "greater" up in the Greek first. You might have a different
>opinion.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 1:06 PM
>Subject: Re: Something to think about
>
>
> > For once!! For once I saw the light!! I can actually summarize someone
> > else's lengthy babble into one statement, instead of the reverse hahahaah
> > Here it is regarding Jesus statement of "doing greater things than even
>he"...
> >
> > He referred to greater in number of occurrences , not power.
> >
> > Woo who.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:48 PM 1/27/2006 -0500, you wrote:
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> > >Okay, I'm not necessarily saying that I whole heartedly agree with
> > >this line of thinking, but I thought I'd throw it in to the mix so
> > >that we could chew on it together, especially considering our
> > >conversation about healing and faith of late.
> > >Kathy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >January 27, 2006
> > >
> > >Greater Works
> > >by John Fischer
> > >
> > >Ever wonder about that time when Jesus said that those who believe in
> > >Him would do even greater works than He did? Well I don't know about
> > >you, but I haven't
> > >brought anyone back from the dead in the last few weeks. The last
> > >time I stepped on water, I sank. I can't even cure the common cold,
> > >and I can't make
> > >the water in my glass into anything other than... water. What could
> > >Jesus possibly mean by this statement? My only take on this up until
> > >now has been to
> > >assume I was falling way short of what I could be accomplishing with
> > >my life. Well that's kind of depressing. Why did Jesus say this if He
> > >was just going
> > >to leave us all depressed by it?
> > >
> > >Dave Roper, in his writing on John, has helped me to finally make
> > >some sense of this. The actual statement is found in John 14:12,
> > >"Anyone who believes
> > >in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works,
> > >because I am going to be with my Father." The key, Dave points out,
> > >is in the statement:
> > >"because I am going to be with my Father." In other words, these
> > >greater works will be possible as a result of His leaving. Couple
> > >that with his statement
> > >a few verses later about coming back in the form of the Holy Spirit
> > >who would indwell all believers, and you begin to get the picture.
> > >
> > >Let me try and say it another way. It's as if Jesus were saying,
> > >"Right now there is only one of me. Soon there will be many, because
> > >I am going to my Father
> > >in heaven from where I can direct my work through hundreds,
> > >thousands, even millions of you all over the world."
> > >
> > >"Our efforts," Dave Roper writes, "insignificant on the face of it
> > >and largely unobserved, are joined to innumerable streams of effort
> > >that result in the
> > >stupendous flow of God's love and goodness to men and women, boys and
> > >girls throughout the world. Thus we are part of a greater thing than
> > >we could ever
> > >imagine!"
> > >
> > >Think of it. We are accomplishing greater works than Christ did when
> > >He was here! It's what we can all do together as the singular "body
> > >of Christ" that
> > >is at work here. Talk about purpose! And your job is just as
> > >important as anyone else's.
> > >
> > >We are a part of something great. Just as a tiny stream begins high
> > >in the mountains and is joined by countless tributaries until it
> > >becomes a wide, rushing
> > >river, so our little work becomes part of a work greater than what
> > >even Jesus accomplished when He was here.
> > >
> > >[Note: Saddleback Church, through it's network of purpose-driven
> > >churches all over the world is currently organizing a global
> > >initiative to bring healing,
> > >literacy, mentoring and assistance to the poor through its P.E.A.C.E.
> > >plan. It's a fulfillment of just what Jesus was talking about. For
> > >more information
> > >click here
> > >http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/PEACE/PEACE_Plan.htm.
> > >
> > >
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> > >Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
> > >
> > >Okay, I'm not necessarily saying that I whole heartedly agree with this
> > >line of thinking, but I thought I'd throw it in to the mix so that we
> > >could chew on it together, especially considering our conversation about
> > >healing and faith of late.
> > >Kathy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >January 27, 2006
> > >
> > >Greater Works
> > >by John Fischer
> > >
> > >Ever wonder about that time when Jesus said that those who believe in Him
> > >would do even greater works than He did? Well I don't know about you, but
> > >I haven't
> > >brought anyone back from the dead in the last few weeks. The last time I
> > >stepped on water, I sank. I can't even cure the common cold, and I can't
>make
> > >the water in my glass into anything other than... water. What could Jesus
> > >possibly mean by this statement? My only take on this up until now has
>been to
> > >assume I was falling way short of what I could be accomplishing with my
> > >life. Well that's kind of depressing. Why did Jesus say this if He was
> > >just going
> > >to leave us all depressed by it?
> > >
> > >Dave Roper, in his writing on John, has helped me to finally make some
> > >sense of this. The actual statement is found in John 14:12, "Anyone who
> > >believes
> > >in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because
> > >I am going to be with my Father." The key, Dave points out, is in the
> > >statement:
> > >"because I am going to be with my Father." In other words, these greater
> > >works will be possible as a result of His leaving. Couple that with his
> > >statement
> > >a few verses later about coming back in the form of the Holy Spirit who
> > >would indwell all believers, and you begin to get the picture.
> > >
> > >Let me try and say it another way. It's as if Jesus were saying, "Right
> > >now there is only one of me. Soon there will be many, because I am going
> > >to my Father
> > >in heaven from where I can direct my work through hundreds, thousands,
> > >even millions of you all over the world."
> > >
> > >"Our efforts," Dave Roper writes, "insignificant on the face of it and
> > >largely unobserved, are joined to innumerable streams of effort that
> > >result in the
> > >stupendous flow of God's love and goodness to men and women, boys and
> > >girls throughout the world. Thus we are part of a greater thing than we
> > >could ever
> > >imagine!"
> > >
> > >Think of it. We are accomplishing greater works than Christ did when He
> > >was here! It's what we can all do together as the singular "body of
> > >Christ" that
> > >is at work here. Talk about purpose! And your job is just as important as
> > >anyone else's.
> > >
> > >We are a part of something great. Just as a tiny stream begins high in
>the
> > >mountains and is joined by countless tributaries until it becomes a wide,
> > >rushing
> > >river, so our little work becomes part of a work greater than what even
> > >Jesus accomplished when He was here.
> > >
> > >[Note: Saddleback Church, through it's network of purpose-driven churches
> > >all over the world is currently organizing a global initiative to bring
> > >healing,
> > >literacy, mentoring and assistance to the poor through its P.E.A.C.E.
> > >plan. It's a fulfillment of just what Jesus was talking about. For more
> > >information
> > >click here
> > >http://www.purposedriven.com/en-US/PEACE/PEACE_Plan.htm.
> > >
> > >
> > >--=====================_21164562==.ALT--
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > It's not what you're going through, but how you're going through it
> >
> >
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Brad
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