Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
      I. Christ having told them that  they  must  work for the meat  he spoke of, must  labour  for it, they enquire what work they must do, and he answers them,  John 6:28-29. 1. Their  enquiry  was  pertinent  enough (; John 6:28):  What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?  Some understand it as a pert question: "What works of God can we do more and better than those we do in obedience to the law of Moses?" But I rather take it as a humble serious question, showing them to be, at least for the present, in a good mind, and willing to know and do their duty; and I imagine that those who asked this question, How and What (John 6:30), and made the request (John 6:34), were not the same persons with those that murmured (John 6:41-42), and strove (John 6:52), for those are expressly called  the Jews,  who came out of Judea (for those were strictly called Jews) to cavil, whereas these were of Galilee, and came to be taught. This question here intimates that they were convinced that those who would obtain this everlasting meat, (1.) Must aim to do something great. Those who  look high  in their expectations, and hope to enjoy the  glory of God,must  aim high  in those endeavours, and study to  do the works of God,  works which he requires and will accept,works of God,  distinguished from the works of worldly men in their worldly pursuits. It is not enough to speak the words of God, but we must do the works of God. (2.) Must be willing to do any thing:  What shall we do?  Lord, I am ready to do whatever thou shalt appoint, though ever so displeasing to flesh and blood,  ; Acts 9:6. 2. Christ's answer was plain enough (John 6:29):  This is the work of God that ye believe.  Note, (1.) The work of faith is the work of God. They enquire after the  works  of God (in the plural number), being careful about  many things;  but Christ directs them to one work, which includes all, the one thing needful: that  you believe,  which supersedes all the works of the ceremonial law; the work which is necessary to the acceptance of all the other works, and which produces them, for without faith you cannot please God. It is  God's work,  for it is of his  working in us,  it subjects the soul to his working on us, and quickens the soul in working  for him,  (2.) That faith is the work of God which closes with Christ, and relies upon him. It is to  believe on him  as one whom God  hath sent,  as God's commissioner in the great affair of peace between God and man, and as such to  rest  upon him, and  resign ourselves  to him. See  ; John 14:1.