Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw
signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not work for the
food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the
Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His
seal." - John
6:26-27 NASB
Truly,
truly. It’s true—the real truth. Jesus wouldn’t lie to us. People were
following Him because He fed the 5,000 men—and they were full, satisfied, not
at all hungry. But Jesus didn’t want them to crave perishable food, but
nonperishable spiritual food that leads to eternal life. This was the food He,
the Son of Man, had to give to people. Nonperishable food—not food that just
has a lot of preservatives, but food of a spiritual realm that will never
spoil. Jesus word’s—those red letter words—provide us with nonperishable means
for understanding eternal life with Him. Everlasting life. God promised to give
everyone in the world His Son, His one and only Son. Whoever believes in Him
will have eternal life, just as it says in John 3:16. For God so loved the world that He gave is only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (NASB) Some of the most well
known red letter words in the world are found in that verse.
The seal of God is set on Jesus to confirm
or authenticate beyond doubt, that Jesus is the Son of God—thus He is God. That
seal proves that Jesus is who He said He is. Do you believe Him—do you believe
IN Him?
Dear
Jesus—we’re hungry for spiritual food. Thank you for being who You are and for
providing spiritual food for each of us that we know that You are the Son of
God and we can have a spiritual relationship with You. And then we’ll have that
eternal life promised by God.
© 2012 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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