Thought of the Day !!

'I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life.
John 6:47-48

Throughout the book of John, Jesus speaks about believing. God sent His only Son, so that whoever believes in him will have eternal life. He who believes has everlasting life. Those who believe are not condemned. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgment, but has passed from death to life.

These are but a few instances where Jesus tells us to believe. But what does he mean? Is it merely enough to believe that Jesus' coming into the world is the best rational explanation and therefore we believe? Or could it be that believing means much more than simply something our head tells us is true or false?

Whenever you hear the word believe in the Gospel of John, you are meant to hear an action verb. For John, believing means doing.

Believing is an act of the head (mental belief) and of the heart (loving God and neighbor), which produces a belief with our hands (actions). The book of James backs this up when the author claims that faith without works is dead. Our believing is our faith. And if we have no love or works that accompany this so-called faith, then it's dead and useless.

So when Jesus says that we'll have everlasting life when we believe in him, he means for us to believe with our heads and with our hearts, which will produce our actions. May we all believe today.

In the love of Christ,
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