Acts 8:26-40 / John 6:44-51
The quest for immortality is not something alien to humanity nor is it a figment of imagination.
There were monarchs, emperors, leaders and famous people who searched for what can be generally called immortality.
It may be some mystical elixir of life, or some potion of everlasting youth, or some object that will have the powers of healing and protection for a life-time.
So, throughout history, there were people who obsessively search for either an immortal life on earth, or an afterlife that has a resemblance to the life on earth.
So when Jesus tells us about the eternal life that God wants to give to us, He is addressing a deep need in us.
He is addressing our question to the meaning of our life on earth as well as what happens when we pass on from this world to the next.
Jesus is our Bread of Life and in Him we will have true life on earth as well as eternal life in heaven.
With Jesus, let us live our lives confidently because our questions about life is answered, whether it is life on earth or life in heaven.