The Gospel of John 6:30-31 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” (John 6:30-31 KJV)

These people, continue to think about food, with demands for signs despite being already feed miraculously with two loaves of bread and five fishes more than five thousand of them including women and children. They brought up how their ancestors, in the wilderness, were fed with manna - the bread from heaven. They are so hung up on material things, shackled by religious rituals, sacraments and traditions. Hence, not only are they missing the works that God requires by believing which the Lord Jesus just told them (John 6:29). They are missing the heavenly rewards, as they remain to trust in their own good deeds of religion and of looking to the law, instead of dependence on grace by looking to Christ Jesus for salvation (Romans 10:2–4).

This crowd who had been inculcated by their leaders with religious doctrines, customs and traditions were unfortunately lost from the truth of God's Words given through Moses and the prophets. The Lord Jesus said to the Pharisees, Sadducees and Priests: if you believed Moses, you would have believed me (John 5;46-47). When they brought up Manna the bread from heaven which pointed to the Lord Jesus Christ, they exposed themselves of being totally devoid of the truth of God's Words. They would have discerned who the Lord Jesus Christ is, now present in their midst. Illustrated by the physical bread at the Passover supper, He declared of His body: “Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”” (Matthew 26:26 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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