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John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God,.... The main and principal one, and which is well pleasing in his sight; and without which it is impossible to please him; and without which no work whatever is a good work; and this is of the operation of God, which he himself works in men; it is not of themselves, it is the pure gift of God: that ye believe on him whom he hath sent;...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The miracle of the loaves, ver. 1-14. II. Christ's walking upon the water, ver. 15-21. III. The people's flocking after him to Capernaum, ver. 22-25. IV. His conference with them, occasioned by the miracle of the loaves, in which he reproves them for seeking carnal food, and directs them to spiritual food (ver. 26, 27), showing them how they must labour for spiritual...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, — The chief work, the greatest work which you can do.
Charles H. Spurgeon
That ye believe on him whom he hath sent. This is the point. You would like me to work miracles. You would be glad to have very wonderful, mysterious experience, but this is the thing you ought to seek after — the grandest, greatest thing that you can have, :’ that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. The grandest work that any man can do is to believe on the Saviour whom God has sent. There are some who despise faith, but Christ was not of that number. He honoured it exceedingly when he said, in effect “This is the Godlike work, the work which is nearest to God’s heart, that ye believe on him...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. The greatest, the best, the most acceptable work in all the world is that you come and trust Christ. This saves you; nothing else will do so: “This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. This is a wonderful statement, which is just as true now as when Christ uttered it in Capernaum. The greatest and best work that any of you can do is to believe on Jesus Christ; though, in another sense, this is not a work at all, but ceasing from your own works, and resting in the finished work...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, “The highest and best work which you can accomplish is” Joh_6:29. That ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Faith is the noblest of the graces; it is the very essence of true worship; it contains within itself the germs of all excellence; and the man who believes in Christ has done that which is more pleasing to God than anything else in...