John 6:30

John 6:30 says, They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?  Those Jews following Jesus asked Him what sign would He give them that they might believe.  They had seen the miracles He performed and had been miraculously fed, but they were looking for a sign.  We as Christians have the miracle of the cross as the only sign we should ever need.  Yet, we often look for some material sign that Jesus is really able to meet our needs.  Verse thirty-one adds, Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.  The Jews that day spoke of Moses giving their fathers bread from Heaven.  They were wrong about the source of the bread. Verse thirty-two continues, Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.  Moses did not give them the bread but was simply an instrument that God used to meet the need of the people in the desert.  We need to be careful that we give God credit for the good things that happen in our life.  Yet, we are more likely to attribute the bad to His lack of caring for us.  Even as the people following Jesus spoke of the bread from heaven, they didn't mention their fathers complaining about it.  When God provides for us, we need to praise Him, not grumble about whether the provision is all that we wanted, because too often our wants do exceed our needs.  Jesus said that He, not the Manna, was the true bread from Heaven.  Verse thirty-three concludes, “For the bread of God is He which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world."  The bread Moses gave them was a temporary provision to sustain physical life, but Jesus was the bread from heaven to bring everlasting life. We need to never look for any other way to life than through belief in Christ as our Savior.  Jesus said He could give them the everlasting bread of life. 

In John 6:30, those Jews following Jesus asked Him what sign would He give them that they might believe.  They had seen the miracles He performed and had been miraculously fed, but the were looking for a sign.  We as Christians have the miracle of the cross as the only sign we should ever need.  Yet, we often look for some material sign that Jesus is really able to meet our needs.  The Jews that day spoke of Moses giving their fathers bread from Heaven.  They were wrong about the source of the bread.  Moses did not give them the bread, but was simply an instrument that God used to meet the need of the people in the dasert.  We need to be careful that we give God credit for the good things that happen in our life.  Yet, we are more likely to attribute the bad to His lack of caring for us.  Even as the people following Jesus spoke of the bread from heaven, they didn't mention their fathers complaining about it.  When God provides for us, we need to praise Him, not grumble about whether the provision is all that we wanted, because too often our wants do exceed our needs.  Jesus said that He, not the Manna, was the true bread from Heaven.  In verse thirty three, He said, "For the bread of God is He which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the world."  The bread Moses gave them was a temporary provision to sustain physical life, but Jesus was the bread from heaven to bring everlasting life. We need to never look for any other way to life than through belief in Christ as our Savior.