John 6:27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Is it not strange that Christ says, "Labour not for the very thing which you cannot get without labouring for it," and then he says, "Labour for that which you cannot get by labouring for it"? He virtually tells us that it is so, by adding the words, "which the Son of man shall give unto you," plainly proving that it does not come as the result of human labour, but as the free gift of the Son of God. He that is wise will spell out the meaning of the paradox; but he that is blind will stumble over the letter of it, and not discern the spiritual interpretation.
John 6:27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Is it not strange that Christ says, "Labour not for the very thing which you cannot get without labouring for it," and then he says, "Labour for that which you cannot get by labouring for it"? He virtually tells us that it is so, by adding the words, "which the Son of man shall give unto you," plainly proving that it does not come as the result of human labour, but as the free gift of the Son of God. He that is wise will spell out the meaning of the paradox; but he that is blind will stumble over the letter of it, and not discern the spiritual interpretation.