THE WORK OF JESUS
T.G. Whitaker
The Works of our Lord
that He did in the earth speak to His followers as examples of His will and
love for all of man and show believers the works they shall do working in the
high and holy faith of God. Prayer,
repentance, obedience, healing, raising the dead, teaching, forgiving,
miracles, calling the lost, speaking to nature are just a few of what is
brought out by the gospels. These things
were done out of love for humanity and carried out in the natural realm for all
to behold.
I believe they are
pictures of His works within us as well in this and all time.
Does He not call us,
lead us into repentance and prayer, heal us, and after we have died to the
pernicious sensitive life, He raises us from our dead state, that we may learn
obedience, He teaches us His word and performs miracles of Life within us! His outward demonstrations are a picture of
His salvation and redemption of our soul! Throughout the Bible, over and over
are pictures of His unfailing unfading Love and restoration for all men.
The people that have
called upon the Name of Jesus and have received salvation and redemption from
the evil of this world are called to be Holy unto the Lord, building up His
Church. Each one, no matter how
insignificant they see themselves, is to be separate from the evil practices
and mindsets of the former life, the traditions of men and false religion, and
is to be as light in a dark world. They possess the Light of the Most-High God
at first in small degree and then as God leads and strengthens them, they are
to lead others to that Light of all men.
The intermingling, spiritually speaking, casts a shadow and veil over
that Light diming the brightness and contrast to that around them, as well as bringing
in deceptions, tainting the Truth and diminishing the power of God within them.
The children of Israel
are a picture of the Church of the Most-High God.
The Lord said, “My yoke
is easy, and My burden is LIGHT” and I can tell you the words My
burden is LIGHT jumped out at me. I
saw that we are to be LIGHT bearers, as it says elsewhere. The burden we carry is to be His
light to and in this world. Torch bearers Truth bearers! Wow!
Light dispels darkness! Darkness
flees away!! When you are in darkness or lesser light, it is hard to make
things out when the light is shining in your eyes, but when you are in equal
light, you can see hidden or obscured things. Lost things are found. Minute
details are visible, according to the degree of light.
So, I visited the
concordance for more on this and here are some points that are so revealing!
Gen 1:4 Light is separated from
darkness.
Prov 15:30 Communicated
thru the eye. See also Matt
6:22-23
John 3:20-21 For
everyone that does evil hates the light…But he that does truth comes to the
light
John 1:4 In Him was life
and the life was the light of men.
Prov 4:18 But the path
of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect
day.
Daniel 2:20-22 Blessed
be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are His: and He
changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; He
gives wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding; He
reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness and the
light dwells with Him, (and since we are in Him, the Light dwells within us).
Matt. 5:16 “Let your light so shine before
men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father
which is in heaven.”
2 Cor 6: “For God, who
commanded light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
When we bring our burden
of His Light to the world all around us, then we are filled more and more.
