WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF GOD?

(The Lord Jesus Only Does Good Works)
Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD
Sunday, October 20th 2024

TO THE BIBLE:
John 10:32 NASB
“Jesus replied to them, ‘I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?’”

LET’S TALK
“Did you catch what was taught in church about the blind guy Jesus healed in John 9?” Tom inquired from Kate, his friend.

“Yeah, I did!” Kate responded. “The disciples were like, “Who sinned, this guy or his parents?”

Then Tom said: “Exactly! But Jesus quickly corrected them and healed the blind man. Jesus is about healing, not punishment.”

In John 9, the disciples, walking alongside Jesus, saw a man who had been born blind. They asked, “Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” As far as they were concerned, God in His justice system was punishing the blind man or his parents for their sin. What a mindset!

Read the Master’s response: “…Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:3-4). Many read this and run off with the idea that the man’s blindness is one of the “works of God.” That’s erroneous!

The translators, on their own prerogative, put a punctuation—a full stop at the end of the third verse—that should have never been there. The more accurate rendering is “…that the works of God should be revealed in him, I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day.” Jesus was saying, “In this blind man, we see the work of Satan, but for the work of God to be revealed in him, I have to do something about it!” He then went ahead and healed the man. Hallelujah! The work of blindness didn’t come from God.

Acts 10:38 tells us, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” The oppression came from the devil, but the Father sent Jesus, anointed with the Holy Ghost and with power, to heal and restore maimed limbs, give sight to the blind, mend the brokenhearted, deliver those who are oppressed of the devil, and even raise the dead. These are the works of God! Hallelujah!

GO DEEPER
Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Hebrews 10:7
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Ephesians 2:10 AMPC
For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), [a]recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

John 11:4-5
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

PRAY
Dear Father, thank you for your unmatched goodness, kindness, love and righteousness displayed in the world today. I declare that Satan’s hold over men’s lives is destroyed as you work in and through your children to perfect your will in the earth and lives of men, for truly, the earth is filled with your goodness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
1 Timothy 2:1-15, Isaiah 52-53

TWO YEAR
John 6:52-60, 2 Kings 6

ACT
Thank the Lord for His gracious work of healing and restoration that’s happening all around the world today.

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