"Jesus was the Messiah, the crowning glory of God’s law in action. According to John, (I John 3:8), 'The Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.' What are these 'works of the devil' which Jesus was manifested to destroy? He destroyed sin and disease by casting out devils and healing the sick. He destroyed lack and limitation by turning water into wine and feeding thousands with just a few loaves and fishes. He destroyed fear and demonstrated man’s God-given dominion over the earth by stilling the storm and walking on the water. He did all these things in obedience to the spiritual law of God, but in direct opposition to what is commonly and erroneously called natural law. Paul told the Corinthians, (I Cor. 15:26), 'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.' Our Master’s resurrection and ascension demonstrated for all time the powerlessness of death and the grave to affect the immortal life of God’s man, which he so thoroughly exemplified. Paul wrote to Timothy, (II Tim. 1:10), 'He hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.'
"In his brief public ministry, Jesus illustrated fully what the Psalmist meant when he said, (Psalm 119:142), “Thy law is the truth.” The healing work he did and taught his followers to do bore undeniable witness to the power and presence of this unerring law. To those whose ears could hear he said, (Matt. 5:18), 'Think not that I am come destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.' In fulfilling this law, he showed forth God’s great love for man, and he proved beyond a doubt that it is this love of God that gives man dominion over the whole earth, including death and the grave. He said of anyone who believed on him, (John 14:21), 'The works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall he do because I go unto my Father.' Why do we not see more evidence of these greater works among his followers today? Because today they are content to worship his human personality, rather than strive to understand and practice the divine law which he taught, and by which he accomplished those works."
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