GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

266 God’s Work5:19). “…I can of mine own self do nothing…”(John 5:30).This is a form of double emphasis. Do you understand Christ’smind-set? In His mind, Jesus believed that He could, of Himself,do nothing. He admitted it outright. However, He had great faith!He believed every “word” of God. He trusted in God - and not inHimself. In His paradigm of “how He saw things,” He sincerelyrecognized that He had no ability in His human flesh to do anything.Jesus went on to say that He only did what He heard fromHis Father or else that which He had seen of His Father:I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Fatherwhich hath sent me (John 5:30).This same text shows that the judgment of Jesus was only to seek(or to do) “His Father’s will” - not His Own. What faith! Whathonor He gave The Father! He had a complete and absolute respectfor His Dad. Christ had full faith and belief in God, The Father,and only did His Father’s will - according to God’s “word.” Thatis the next important point. Jesus did all this according to God’s“word.” It was God’s doctrine, as well as, God’s works. Noticehow clear this is made from the “words” of Jesus Himself:Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is notmine, but his that sent me (John 7:16).What a powerful claim! This concerns the matter of doctrine,in addition to the act of performing the actual “works” by andthrough Jesus. All responsibility is on the shoulders of The Father.And The Son trusted in The Father. Then, Jesus gave thelast word. It concerned His doctrine and the source of it. Jesussaid: