Jesus came down from heaven and promised eternal life to those who believe in him. Read John 6:35-41. This promise came after Jesus described himself as the "Bread of Life". This passage from John 6 was presented by Jesus at the synagogue in Capernaum. When Jesus went to the synagogue to teach, it was usually on the Sabbath and the teaching was a commentary from a passage of Scripture from one of the first five books of the Bible, or what the Jews call the Torah. We can conclude that on this day, Jesus was commenting on a passage in Exodus when God sent manna from heaven to feed the people as they wandered for forty years in the wilderness. The manna from heaven provided life. Jesus called himself 'the manna from heaven that provides eternal life'. When we believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross for our sins and choose to follow Jesus as a disciple, we can stand on the promise of eternal life. 



Lord Jesus, we put our faith in you. Give us abundant life while we walk on this earth until we can realize your promise of eternal life. Help me to live out this promise so that others might become your disciples too. Amen.