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“Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:28-29 NKJV)

 

After Jesus’ supernatural multiplication of five barley loaves and two small fish to feed the great multitude who had gathered to Him in the desert, the men who had seen the unusual sign and had eaten the miraculous meal to their satisfaction perceived and concluded wrongly that Jesus was a prophet.

Therefore, they chorused, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” (John 6:14 NKJV).

They rose to make Him their King forcefully based upon their strong but wrong conviction and revelation of who Jesus Christ was. But when the Lord Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him their king, He departed from them to the mountain alone (John 6:15).

What a great example of humility to follow!

God’s servants today must not hesitate to run far away from religious zealots who seek subtly or forcefully to turn God’s servants through whom they have received their miracles, healings, deliverances, or breakthroughs into “their objects of worship or kings.”

Sadly, many great but unwary and gullible servants of God today have fallen into the “worship traps” and become distracted from pursuing and fulfilling their God-given assignment or mission.

Although the Lord Jesus fled from the religious folks, who were seeking to forcefully enthrone Him as their King for their selfish motives and gains (for a continuous supply of miraculous but perishable food), they sought everywhere for Jesus until they eventually found Him on the other side of the sea at Capernaum (John 6:22-27).

God’s servants today need spiritual discernment, divine wisdom, and courage to deal with carnal and religious people whose only desire and goal of coming to them is to receive and eat the food that perishes and not that which endures everlasting life.

It is fantastic to receive and experience a miracle, healing, deliverance, or breakthrough from God through His servants.

However, we are often too carried away by the thrill of a miracle to the extent that we fail to see the new and profound revelation of the Person and Nature of Jesus that the miracle was intended to reveal or convey to us.

Though the people saw the sign or miracle that Jesus had performed and ate the miraculous bread to their satisfaction, their perception and revelation of Jesus were distorted.

Therefore, when they came to Jesus, He chided them, saying, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.” (John 6:26).

They only saw “the sign” (the physical miracle) but did not see “the signs” (the revelation knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ) that God intended for them to see through the miracle.

Although the people ate the miraculous meal, they still did not believe and receive Jesus as their Messiah. They only saw and acknowledged Him as a prophet and a miracle worker, not their Messiah, the Saviour, and God in the flesh.

Therefore, when they found Jesus after the miraculous multiplication of bread, they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?” (John 6:30 NKJV).

Most times, we also miss the revelation knowledge of the true Person and Nature of the Lord Jesus Christ despite seeing and receiving a miracle from Him because passion and prayer are mainly for the food that perishes – the earthly, material, and fleeting things of this life.

When the religious men seeking Jesus only for another miracle asked Him, saying, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:29 NKJV).

Religious people seek to appease, please, motivate, or impress God with their performance or good works. Sadly, many people today have become so engrossed with doing “the works of God” that they neglect what is most essential and foundational.

The Scripture reveals that the primary work God demands from men is to believe in His Son, Jesus Christ, sent to be the propitiation for our sins and thus reconcile us to God.

1 John 3:20-23 – NKJV

 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.

No good or religious work pleases God as a pure faith, trust, or confidence in the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, and His finished work.

There is nothing you can do or give to God that will please, impress, or move God other than putting your whole trust in Jesus Christ as your Saviour and Lord.

Jesus said to the religious Jews seeking to know and do God’s works, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.” (John 6:29 NKJV).

If you ignore, reject, or refuse to acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, Beloved, you call God a liar. In other words, you say God’s testimony about His Son Jesus Christ is untrue or unreliable (Matt. 3:17, 17:5, John 12:28). That is an unpardonable sin that leads to the second death, eternal separation from God in hell fire!

Friend, you cannot escape God’s wrath or judgment after this life if you don’t do “this work of God,” which is simply believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work as the only means of salvation, the sole basis of having an intimate, loving and eternal relationship with God.

The Scripture warns, “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” (John 3:36 NKJV).

Why not believe in Jesus Christ and confess Him as your personal Lord and Saviour today?

Do this work of God today!

 

Prayer:

Today, I choose to do the work of God, believing in Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Saviour, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

OUR mandate is to preserve the faith of the Apostolic Generation.

Eniyekpemi Fidelis Oyinpreyebi.

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