New Creation Realities

Pastor Munashe

20 October 2024

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF GOD?

(The Lord Jesus Only Does Good Works)

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

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!

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.