Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 14:11-12

"Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works` sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father." — John 14:11-12 (ASV)

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also;

"I am going away from you; but do not be dismayed, for I will not take away my power from you; it will still remain with you."

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

We cannot do Christ's redeeming work; it would be blasphemy to suppose that we could, for he said of it, It is finished. But we can do the kind of work that Christ did in instructing people, and in being the means of blessing people.

Many of the apostles brought to a knowledge of the truth more souls than their Lord did by his personal ministry. He was pleased, after the outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, to bring great multitudes to the faith by some of his servants.

Meanwhile, he himself preached, comparatively speaking, to only a few, journeying up and down that little land of Palestine and scarcely traversing all of it.

And if we will only trust him, and seek to imitate his wondrous life, we also will do the works that he did, and do them on an even larger scale, and do them with even greater results.