Quote:
Originally Posted by Pressing-On
I agree with trying the spirits, but would we want to compare the “greater things than these will you do” New Testament gifts with the limitations of Jeremiah? Why limit the NT believers?
|
I wasn't trying to make a full-on comparison, just offering a point of view to consider.
As far as
John 14:12 and the affirmation of "greater works than these will you do", we have to define our terms. Does "greater" mean in scope, degree, or magnitude? In quantity? All of the above?
Another question to consider is, did Jesus mean that word to apply to all believers everywhere, or specifically to the apostles with whom He was, at the moment, conversing?
For example, in Acts and the Epistles, the idea of signs and wonders and divers miracles is almost universally associated with apostles, the only exception being two deacons, Stephen and Philip (See:
Acts 2:42, 5:12, 14:3,
Romans 15:12 & 19,
2 Corinthians 12:12, and
Hebrews 2:4).
Threaded Mode
