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The Source of Life
They replied, “What does God want us to do?” (John 6:28)
Even when Jesus clearly explains grace, we tend to argue with him. He tells us how to gain salvation, and we shake our head in disbelief. He gives us the Good News, and we flip through the paper looking for the bad. Surely there’s something he’s left out, we think. It can’t be that easy.
“Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you,” Jesus told the crowd of curious onlookers. “For God the Father has sent me for that very purpose” (John 6:27). His words were clear, but their skepticism was deep.
“They replied, ‘What does God want us to do?’” (John 6:28).
When faced with the free gift of salvation, they wondered how they should go about earning it. “We understand our need for eternal life,” they were saying. “But what do we need to do to get it?”
Jesus understood their confusion, and he answered by reiterating his earlier promise. “This is what God wants you to do: Believe in the one he has sent” (John 6:29).
We are the ones who make it complicated. We are the ones who want to earn God’s acceptance and approval. We are the ones who try to attach conditions to God’s plan of redemption. But Jesus only asks one thing. That we put our faith in him. That we trust him to save us. That we believe in his promise of eternal life for all who would call on his name. That we accept the gift with love and faith and graciousness.
Try to pay for a gift, and you’ve done nothing but insult the giver. Try to work off its worth, and you’re working in vain. A gift is free for the taking, or it is no gift at all.
Things have changed very little since the days that Jesus walked the earth. He continues to hold out the free gift of eternal life, and people continue to try to pay him for it. We’re still wondering what God wants us to do. And two thousand years later, his answer hasn’t changed. “Believe in the one he has sent.”                I love you,
                                                                                                             Pastor Buck                     

 

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