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It was very possible for Yahshua to do miraculous works of His own initiative. Before
He began His ministry He was tempted in this very point. After fasting for forty days in the
wilderness we are told that He was hungry. Satan came to tempt Him and his first
temptation was for Christ to turn the stones into bread and thereby satisfy His hunger.
Yahshua could have done this.
One might ask, “What would be the evil of such an act?” Yahshua was hungry. He was
the Son of God. It wouldn’t have hurt any man or any part of creation to turn the stones into
bread. It would have only violated one thing, it would not have been the Father’s will.

Matthew 4:3-4
And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that
these stones become bread." But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not
live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"

Yahshua understood this matter of Sabbath and doing the Father’s will, and His
answer to Satan addresses this very important point. In essence He said, “True life is found
in doing only those things which God reveals to us.” In another place Yahshua said, “My
meat is to do the will of the Father who sent Me” (John 4:34). The Father already had a
provision for His Son’s hunger. After Satan departed we are told, “and behold, angels came
and began to minister to Him” (Matthew 4:11).
Christianity at large does not understand this most vital concept. If put in a similar
circumstance, how many saints would consider whether doing an act within their power is
the will of the Father? Most only think of what they are able to do. They give no thought to
whether the Father would have them do it. It is possible to prophesy, and many do so very
often. Few consider whether the Father would have them do so. They only concern
themselves with “Can I prophesy?” They do that which seems good to them, falsely believing
that any prophesying is pleasing to the Father if it is a true word of prophecy.
Many saints are involved in casting out demons, and again most only concern
themselves with whether or not they can do so, not considering whether it is the will of the
Father. The same is true of performing miracles, including miracles of healing. There are
some who say that it is always the Father’s will to heal and there is no need to seek the mind
of the Father in this issue. Such people are deluded and they should take the words of
Yahshua to heart. He said, “Many will come to Me in that day” and they will say, “Did we
not do these things in Your name?”
The word many in this passage can have the connotation of meaning the majority.
How incredible to think that the majority of saints will stand before Christ in judgment and
they will falsely believe that they were pleasing God when they were doing all of these works
of their own initiative. Yahshua clearly defines in this passage what pleases His Father. The
one who will enter into the kingdom of heaven is “he who does the will of My Father who
is in heaven.”
The saint who only considers what he can do is on the wrong track. His first thought
should always be to discern the mind of the Father in any matter. If the majority of saints
are displeasing to the Father, then there is no value in being in the majority. Simply because
the masses of Christendom are thinking and acting in a certain manner is no reason to join
them. What comfort will there be in knowing that you and a majority of saints hear the
words, “Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness”?
To those who still doubt the meaning of Yahshua’s words here, consider why He