Question: Do we have to perform miracles all the time in order to serve Christ?

Question: My friend keeps emphasizing miracles to me, quoting John:14:12Verily, 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.
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Response: Certainly John:14:12Verily, 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.
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The key to the meaning of this passage is, of course, Christ’s statement, “…because I go unto my Father.” And John explains what that means. He tells us that when “He the Spirit of truth is come, He will convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of the judgment to come.”

So, the greater works were the winning of far more souls to Christ than even He had accomplished, and this would be through the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, who would be given when Christ went to the Father, having finished the work of our redemption and having risen from the dead. On the day of Pentecost, in one sermon Peter brought more into the church than Christ had in three and one-half years of His miracles and preaching.

Of course, this is not to the credit or glory of any of us, nor does it make us better than Christ, since it is in Christ himself indwelling the believer since Pentecost, through the Holy Spirit, who does the work, just as He did nothing of Himself while upon earth but it was the Father in Him who did the works.