The power of the mind

God’s Spirit of power

Because the Spirit provided by God the Father would soon be available to them, Jesus made the surprising statement to His disciples that they would do even greater works than He did (John 14:12).

Jesus further explained that this would be possible because He was going to His Father and would send this same Holy Spirit to work in the lives of His disciples (John 16:7). Though none of His followers would ever be anywhere near as righteous or virtuous as Jesus or do as many miracles as Jesus, we find later in the New Testament that God worked mightily through them as well.

On at least one occasion it appears some were healed simply by Peter’s shadow falling on them (Acts 5:15)! This was a remarkable testament to the working of God’s Spirit and something that did not happen in precisely the same manner even with the Son of God.

Jesus said that if we had even a small amount of faith, we would be able to move mountains (Matthew 21:21). Faith is made possible by God’s Spirit dwelling in a person’s life (Galatians 5:22).