John 6:24-40 24 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus 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. 33 For 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.” 35 Then 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. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And 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. 40 For 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.”
We studied earlier that the Lord Jesus fed five thousand people, and the crowd came to him later. The Lord Jesus said: you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God and He knows everything. Then he said: Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life. The food that spoils is the physical food, and the food that endures to eternal life is the spiritual food, which is given to us by the Lord Jesus, the Son of Man. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval. When the Lord Jesus was baptized, a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” This is the seal of approval from God the Father. When people asked what must they do to do the works God requires, the Lord Jesus replied: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” Believing in the Lord Jesus sent by God is doing God’s work. In the Old Testament when Israelites were in the wilderness, God gave them manna from heaven to eat. In the New Testament God gave spiritual food from heaven. Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ” The Lord Jesus is the spiritual bread, the bread of life, he is the source of life, he is the fountain of the living water. With him in our lives, with him living in us, and the Holy Spirit living in us, we will not be hungry or thirsty. Those who believe in the Lord have eternal life, and they will be resurrected at the last day. The Lord Jesus is coming soon. I hope that those who have not yet believed in the Lord will believe in the Lord soon.
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