In John 6, Christ describes in various ways, some of the work that God must do in poor lost people in order for them to trust in Jesus. This teaching is in the context of the people refusing to believe in Jesus, even though they saw and partook of an astounding miracle, the feeding of the five thousand. As we have considered before, physical miracles are not sufficient to bring a person to trust Gospel promises. Instead, we must have the miraculous work in us of the Holy Ghost, to change our hearts, and to give us the faith to believe in Christ's Gospel. The people asked Christ, what additional works of God must we do to obtain eternal life? As usual, the Jewish people were seeking to obtain their own righteousness by their keeping of the law. Christ turned their question around by His answer -- the work of God is that you believe on His Christ. Some theologians argue that the work being done is not that of the lost sinners, but rather by God Himself. In other words, it is God's Work in us, that we believe the Gospel! Faith is surely an act by us, but only because God works that faith in us toward Christ. No work of or by us can bring us unto Christ. The context in John 6 supports this interpretation, because Christ teaches us that men cannot believe unless God works in them, to cause them to believe. As Christ noted, though many of them had seen Him, yet they did not believe on Him. That is because only those whom God the Father gives to His Son will come to Christ, and everyone given to the Son will come to Him. Thus, no man can believe the Gospel unless God has first given that man to Christ, and every such man given to Christ will certainly believe in Him.