[circlecity]

The verse (Jn 6:29) is the first of Jesus' words emphasizing the sovereignty of God in salvation which are contained in chapter 6 of John. It marks the transition of the chapter from the feeding of the crowds miracle to his “bread of life” sermon. He makes the point here and in v. 44, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him..” and v. 65, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." and even verse 40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who behilds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." Belief in Christ is the work of God. God makes the first step and is sovereign over everything and everyone.

[Quix]

Thanks for the ping.

[CynicalBear]

Obviously we are not going to agree. As I said earlier that people asked about how they could do the “work of God” in that He made the loaves and fishes feed 5000. Jesus said that was not the work that they should focus on. The work that they should focus on was to believe and that all those things would come to them.

We can leave this to the fact that we do not agree on what it’s saying and leave it at that.