The works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

— John 14:12ba

What kind of works did Jesus do?  Daily He met the works of the devil head-on, and daily He defeated the enemy and advanced the Kingdom of God.  If we believe on Him, Jesus said, the same works would be available to us and even greater works!  We are now, in this day and in this hour, moving into the greater-works realm.  Jesus has gone to the Father and has poured out His Spirit upon all flesh.  There is enough Spirit and power in the earth today to save and deliver every person.  Someone needs to believe and trust in the power the Church now possesses.  It has been prophesied by Jesus Himself that we shall do greater works, that we are created and ordained to walk in good works (Eph. 2:10).  Only someone who has a revelation of being a new creation, being more than a conqueror, and having power over all the power of the enemy, will live in a realm of greater works.  The devil has trembled at the thought of the day that the Church believes in its inheritance!  His nightmare is manifesting today!  We too will now start to advance the Kingdom of God and do the works we were created and empowered to do!

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

— 2 Corinthians 5:21

This is the greatest blessing that you received at the new birth.  You were made or created the righteousness of God.  Righteousness gives you a right place or right standing with God, a place and relationship where sin never existed, made right with God so that nothing stands between you and Almighty God.  Through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, your relationship and fellowship have been restored with Almighty God and you have a legal right to once again come into His presence and live in His presence!  No more guilt, no more condemnation, no more cringing fear of God, just sweet fellowship and relationship with Him.  This is where prayer becomes rich and powerful, where prayer starts to change things around you.  You are the righteousness of God in Christ.

The effectual fervent [unceasing, confident] prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

— James 5:16b  [italics mine--Pastor Tom]

The prayer of a person who has been made right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.  Righteousness gives you the legal right to declare, proclaim, and receive the promises of God.  A man who is righteous and knows it will not tolerate or settle for less than what legally belongs to him.  He knows that he has a right to health, a right to wealth, and right to a life of power and victory because of the Blood of Christ.  His prayer dominates natural laws; his prayer opens the door to the miraculous of God.  There is power available to a person who has been made righteous toward God.  Out of righteousness comes a confidence and a boldness to rule the forces of darkness.  The best news yet is that you are that confident, bold, righteous man whose prayer packs power.

Who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ.

— 2 Corinthians 5:18a

Adam at one time had sweet fellowship and relationship with God.  He walked and lived in God’s presence.  He heard God’s voice and communicated with God on a daily basis.  But when Adam sinned, fear, guilt, and condemnation came into his life and separated him from God.  Because of fear, he hid from the presence of God and no longer had that sweet fellowship he once enjoyed.  He tried to restore that relationship with a fig leaf, but there wasn’t anything he or anyone else could do to repair his relationship and erase his mistake.  So God came in Christ, “reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing (or holding) their trespasses unto (against) them” (Italics mine – Pastor Tom) (2 Cor. 5:19a).  God personally came in the person of Christ to once again restore fellowship between God and man!  God is holding absolutely nothing against you today.  He has removed sin, guilt, and the sense of inferiority between you and Himself.  Once again you can go to Him, spend time with Him, hear His voice and live in His presence!  You have been reconciled to God by Christ Jesus.