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Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Devotional: July 15th

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John 6:22-36

The Lord is not deceived. These crowds follow Him with a very down-to-earth motive: they hope that He will continue to give them bread. Therefore He sets them to work for heaven (v. 27). We should ask ourselves if our work has as its first priority things from above which feed our soul and which last, or things of the world which are destined to perish.

Does that mean we must do works in order to be saved? Many people in Christendom today still believe this (cf. v. 28). But the Word declares, "by grace are ye saved through faith . . . not of works" (Ephesians 2:8-9). God only recognizes one work – and it is He who works this work in us: to believe in the Saviour whom He has given us (v. 29). Everything comes from Him: the living water (the Holy Spirit; John 4:10) and the bread of life (Christ Himself; v. 35). How is it then that our souls are not always satisfied? Does the Lord break His promises? (v. 35; John 4:14). Certainly not! But we on our part do not always fulfil the conditions: the Lord Jesus says, "He that believeth on me shall never thirst". We need faith to be saved but we also need it every day so that we can drink of all His fulness.

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