Actually, I believe the Greek more accurately says, John 6:29 "This is the work that God requires (ergon tou theou, the work of God) so that (hina) you might start to believe on Him Whom He has sent. The work of God is done so that they might believe. "This is the work of God" refers back in the passage to v. 7
" Labour not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures into everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed." The work of God is our labouring/striving to get into a position to hear the word of God, because faith comes by hearing the word of God, and salvation is through faith.
Yea I dont disagree I do t think it matters looking at the Greek the scriptures already say first to believe in Jesus the son sent to save us , and if we do that we’re going to remain close to him and become disciples
i think the term “ believe” is important . I can know to opposing pieces of information fro teo soirces , but also only
believe one of them is true.
if we first out our trust in Jesus who God sent to save , then we will be willing to hear his words because we believe in him
Like your saying faith is built from this situation
“And she had a sister called
Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. ……but
one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:39, 42 KJV
the o my thing that’s going to bring us to a point of listening and trusting the lords word is if we first believe in him that he’s the one God sent to save us , the messiah promised in the prophets
sort of this
first
“Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.”
John 6:29 KJV
eill make this acceptable to those who believe in him first in who he is so if I believe in him , this then is true and becomes belief
“
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
It’s a call to th oar who believe in him and the call is in his words . If he person believes jesusbos the one way to be saved , and another doesn’t believe that
Who accepts his word after that and who rejects it is already written based on tbier initial belief
its a process. Belief in him begats belief in his word as we begin to hear it it’s a gentle and clear call to repentance and obedience but if we first believe in him we’re going to be saved by the process of faith hearing and accepting his word which has the power to change this
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Mark 7:21-23 KJV
a real belief in the heart
of his word can do this to that corrupted heart
“For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
The word of Christ the gospel can do that for us if we accept and believe his word it will change the things in our heart and mind that keep us tied to sins dominion belief is what it’s about that belief deep in the heart regarding the things God said to mankind in the gospel