The Nugget:
Joh 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. (KJV)
Joh 6:40 My Father wants all those who see the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day.” (GW, God’s Word translation)
Joh 6:40 For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day.” (GNB, Good News Bible)
Joh 6:40 My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day. (Contemporary English Version)
Joh 6:40 For it is my Father’s will that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him to life on the last day.” (Williams New Testament)
My Comment:
It is possible to know the will of God. In the New Testament this will is clearly and directly stated. You really do not need to “find” God’s will–it is not lost somewhere in the woods where you have to seek to find it hidden someplace.
In John 6:40 Jesus tells us that it is the will of God that we believe in Him to have eternal life. On this issue, there can be no question what the will of God is!
Cross reference Bible study for John 6:40 from The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
John 6:40
this is the will. Joh 6:39, Joh 3:17, Mat 6:10; +*Mat 7:21; Mat 12:50; Mat 18:14.
of him. Joh 6:32, +Joh 5:17.
that sent me. Joh 6:38; Joh 6:44, +Joh 4:34.
which seeth. Joh 6:36; Joh 6:47, Joh 1:14; *Joh 4:14; *Joh 8:56; Joh 12:21; Joh 12:45; Joh 14:17; Joh 14:19; Joh 16:10; Joh 16:16; Joh 16:19, Num 21:9, Isa 45:21, 22; Isa 52:10; Isa 53:2, Luk 2:30, 2Co 4:6, Heb 11:1; Heb 11:27; Heb 12:2, 1Pe 1:8, 1Jn 1:1, 2, 3.
the Son. +Joh 3:35.
and believeth on him. +Joh 6:27; +Joh 6:29; +Joh 6:35; +Joh 6:47; +Joh 6:54, **Joh 3:15, 16, 17, 18; **Joh 3:36; *Joh 4:14; **Joh 5:24; **Joh 10:28; Joh 12:50; Joh 14:1; Joh 14:4; Joh 17:2; **Joh 20:31, *Mar 16:16, **Act 16:31, Rom 3:28; Rom 4:4, 5; Rom 4:11; *Rom 5:21; **Rom 6:23, Gal 3:22, Eph 2:8, 1Ti 1:16, +*Heb 10:39, 1Jn 2:25; **1Jn 5:11, 12, 13, Jud 1:21.
everlasting. aionios, +Mat 18:8. Isa 45:17, Mar 10:17.
life. Joh 6:47; Joh 6:68, Joh 5:40, Rom 5:10, Col 3:3, 4, 2Ti 1:1.
I will. Joh 6:44, Joh 11:25, *Rom 8:30, 1Co 15:10; 1Co 15:45, 2Co 1:21, 22, *Eph 1:13; *Eph 1:14, +**2Pe 1:10; 2Pe 1:11.
raise. FS8, +Psa_118:1. Joh 5:28, 1Co 6:14, 2Ti 1:12.
at the last day. Joh 6:44.