John MacArthur on What It Means to Do Greater Works Than Jesus (#22)

http://www.gty.org/Blog/B130813

"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father" (John 14:12).

Many charismatic teachers look to the above verse to validate their teaching. They see it as a proof text for the notion that present-day believers can perform miraculous signs and wonders—even more spectacular than Jesus Himself. Reinhard Bonnke, who claims to have raised the dead, is one prominent charismatic who subscribes to that view, and has even written a book offering his interpretation of what Jesus meant by "greater works."

But Bonnke's view not only contradicts church history, it also defies Jesus' teaching in Scripture. . . .

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