Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. -John 6:45-47 NRSV
Jesus absolutely knew who is was when he walked the earth. His teaching and his ministry seems to emanate a confidence that stems from knowing the Father in a way that is unlike anyone who has ever professed to know Him.
So it is not surprising that such a one would be so confident concerning the means of having has eternal life.
So what do you think Jesus means when he speaks of coming to him? Is he just saying that one just needs to say a prayer? Is believing all about answering an altar call? Or is it something much deeper? Perhaps eternal life is just that. Life that begins today. Belief that emanates the life of God ... a life that resembles the life of Christ Jesus.
Endow us today Lord with a heart that believes and a life that emanates your presence in our hearts.
... this devotion is part of an ongoing series on the Gospel of John.
May we never stop believing.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jesus says 'everyone who comes to Me' I believe He is speaking about going beyond Justification. Once justified by grace through faith a believer's spirit is born of God's Spirit. But he/she must continue on through the long and arduous process of the sanctification of his/her soul (mind, will, and emotions). Completion of this process will cause him/her to be made into the image of Jesus Christ. So he/she has come all the way to Jesus.
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