John 6:30-40
30So they asked him, “What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a]”
32Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34″Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.”
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. 36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Related Text:
Deuteronomy 8:2
Proverbs 30:7-9
John 6:25-59
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Revelation 2-17
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In Other Words
Eternal life is life beyond your physical body. It is timeless and it has no beginning and no end. It is something that we sometimes have a hard time wrapping our heads around. It’s hard to think about and really comprehend something that will never end, ever. God is eternal, but He created the earth and he created humans -both of which have a beginning and an end.
Eternal life in heaven is the life with God after your life here on earth has ended. This eternal life is promised to those who believe by faith that Jesus is God’s son, the Messiah, and who believe by faith that His death on the cross paid for their sins and made them right with God. Those made right will experience eternal life with God, and that is longer and more glorious than any of us could ever imagine!
The question for those who don’t believe and who haven’t put their faith in Jesus isn’t “How long will eternal life without God last?” But rather, “How painful will it be spending eternal life separated from God?”
