28Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’c ”
32Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” (John 6)
Thoughts: The people asked him what must they do. When he told them the answer- to believe- they did not want to listen. They asked for a sign. The sign was himself- He is the bread of life. Our work- our task-- is to simply believe-- trusting in the bread to give us life. The ones who are willing to listen to this will come and they are the ones given by the Father. The whole point of this passage is to believe in Jesus to get eternal life- eternal satisfaction and eternal quenching of our thirst. Just as bread gives us life-- we need it to live--so we need Jesus. Just as we must believe bread is not poison and we eat it to live- so we must trust in Jesus enough to take Him into our hearts.
Prayer: Lord, let me listen and believe; and listening and believing let me find life.
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