The Gospel of John 6:41-42 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?” (John 6:41-42 KJV)

When the Lord Jesus invoked the holy name of Jehovah, I AM, the Jews who heard Him were drawn back to the writings of Moses. But, adamant in their blindness, they failed to see the truth. They see the Lord through the lens of their religion and human mindset. All the Lord's claims are hard to grasp for them who are exposed to do good works by self effort under the law, when He said by grace the works expected from them is to believe (John 6:28) in Him who came down from heaven, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).

When the Lord declared, I AM the bread from heaven, in the view of many, then and now, that's impossible. In their view, he was simply just like us. They saw him grew like every other child in their midst. Also, as earlier declared by the Lord, these people are pursuing Him not for truth but for the excitement and free food. Hence, though they have already seen miracles and signs, they kept on asking for it and at the same time dismiss Him as an ordinary man like us.

To see who the Lord truly is, we have to let the power of His Word transform our mind and heart by seriously ingesting His Words in our reflections. Let His Words speak to us. Hear Him by His Words. Let's be not like them who are lost. “They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:19-24 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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