1. Asking and Receiving-Greater works than Jesus
John 14:12-15
John 14:12-15
Objective: It is my objective to show What Jesus is talking about and how prayer is a key. Obedience is also a key.

2. What do you believe?
Where is the evidence of belief?
Why do you believe what you believe?

3. Did you know, you can ask what you want and it will be given you if……….

4. Greater Works V

5. Believe in Jesus Knowing the facts in order to believe
I and My Father are one
Jesus is one with God
Knowing that Jesus is God
Jesus did nothing of Himself
Only those things that please the Father
Knowing the facts in order to believe
I and My Father are one
Jesus is one with God
Knowing that Jesus is God
Jesus did nothing of Himself
Only those things that please the Father

6. John 14:10 (ESV)
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Belief always has action or character with it.
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Belief always has action or character with it.

7. What are the greater works?
What were the works of Jesus
Water to wine
Healing man born blind
Cleansing the Temple
Raising of Lazarus
Man healed by the Pool on the Sabbath
Washing the disciples feet
Walking on the Water
Loving one another
Feeding 5000
Avoiding arrest
What were the works of Jesus
Water to wine
Cleansing the Temple
Man healed by the Pool on the Sabbath
Walking on the Water
Feeding 5000
Avoiding arrest
Healing man born blind
Raising of Lazarus
Washing the disciples feet
Loving one another

8. What works can we do? Stopped a rain storm-for a short time
Healing from Cancer
Loving one another as I have loved you 
Greater geographic area
Stopped a rain storm-for a short time
Healing from Cancer
Loving one another as I have loved you 
Greater geographic area

9. Jesus had to leave I am going to my Father That means I am leaving you
What are we going to do?
Teaching on the Holy Spirit-Next week
I am going to my Father
That means I am leaving you
What are we going to do?
Teaching on the Holy Spirit-Next week

10. Whatever you ask in Jesus name - v. 14
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. John 14:13–14 (ESV)
John 14:13–14 (ESV) — 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

11. John 15:16 (ESV)
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

12. What can you ask for?
Who to Marry—Christian, Opposite gender, Committed to Jesus
Should I be honest and a person of integrity?
Is it OK to commit adultery
Is it OK to steal and covet
Is it OK to disrespect our parents
Who to Marry—Christian, Opposite gender, Committed to Jesus
Should I be honest and a person of integrity?
Is it OK to commit adultery
Is it OK to steal and covet
Is it OK to disrespect our parents

13. This is the will of God

14. How does a person making decisions know what is the will of God?
The will of God is not meant to be a secret we must uncover. God wants us to understand His will far more than we want to understand it. He always makes His will clear to those who seek it with an obedient heart.
The will of God is not meant to be a secret we must uncover. God wants us to understand His will far more than we want to understand it. He always makes His will clear to those who seek it with an obedient heart.
Most of the real problem areas in the question of God's will are settled for us in Scripture. The Bible reveals that it is God's will for all of us to be:

15. How does a person making decisions know what is the will of God?
Most of the real problem areas in the question of God's will are settled for us in Scripture. The Bible reveals that it is God's will for all of us to be:
The will of God is not meant to be a secret we must uncover. God wants us to understand His will far more than we want to understand it. He always makes His will clear to those who seek it with an obedient heart.
Most of the real problem areas in the question of God's will are settled for us in Scripture. The Bible reveals that it is God's will for all of us to be:

16. Saved
2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
2 Peter 3:9 (ESV) — 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

17. Spirit-filled
Ephesians 5:17–18 (ESV) — 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:17–18 (ESV) — 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

18. Sanctified
1 Thessalonians 4:3–7 (ESV) — 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:3–7 (ESV) — 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

19. Submissive
1 Peter 2:13–15 (ESV) — 13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
1 Peter 2:13–15 (ESV) — 13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

20. Suffering
Philippians 1:29 (ESV) For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Philippians 1:29 (ESV) — 29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

21. If all those things are true in your life, you may do whatever you want.

22. Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
That means that if you are conforming to God's will in all the five ways, He will place in your heart desires that reflect His will. So do what you want to do!
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
That means that if you are conforming to God's will in all the five ways listed above, He will place in your heart desires that reflect His will. So do what you want to do!

23. Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

24. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

25. Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

26. Hebrews 13:21
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

27. 1 John 2:16–17 (ESV)
16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

28. 1 Peter 2:15 (ESV)
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

29. Ephesians 5:17 (ESV)
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is

30. Matthew 7:21–23 (ESV)
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

31. Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

32. Proverbs 19:21 (ESV)
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

33. John 7:17 (ESV)
If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

34. James 4:13–15 (ESV)
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”

35. Micah 6:8 (ESV)
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

36. “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
Luke 6:46 (ESV)
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

37. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10 (ESV)
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

38. Psalm 138:8 (ESV)
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

39. 1 John 1:9 (ESV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

40. 1 John 2:17 (ESV)
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

41. Love Jesus is to keep His commandments v. 15
John 14:15 (ESV) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
John 14:15 (ESV) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

42. Mark 12:30–31 (ESV)
30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

43. Love God Love Neighbor as yourself