Jesus is the “Bread of Life.”

The Lord Jesus Christ reveals His divinity to the crowds by the miracle of feeding 5000 men and claiming, “I am the bread of life.”

Jesus claims God’s name

Jesus made it abundantly clear who He is and why He came to the earth. He revealed His divinity through the use of seven “I am” statements in the Gospel of John. Jesus used the same words to uniquely describe Himself that God used to reveal His name to Moses.

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” (Exodus 3:14)

Jesus Christ reveals His divinity by claiming He is the bread of life and using the name I AM to do it.

Jesus’ miracle proved His claim of divinity to be true

Everywhere Jesus went, He amazed the crowds with His teaching and His miraculous power. On one occasion, Jesus fed 5,000 men by multiplying a boy’s five small barley loaves and two small fish. Twelve basketfuls of bread were left over after everyone had their fill (See John 6:1-15). Surely, God used this miracle to show that Jesus was a teacher who had come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs He was doing if God were not with Him (See John 3:2).

Jesus gives life to the world

After the feeding of the five thousand, the crowd found Jesus on the other side of the lake. Jesus knew they were following Him for the wrong reasons. So, Jesus warned them not to focus on their fleshly needs, but to look to the One who could give them eternal life. They responded by asking Jesus what they must do. Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” (John 6:29)

The crowd then asked Jesus for a sign, so they could see it and believe. They reasoned that because Moses had given the Israelites a sign in the form of manna from heaven, Jesus should do the same.

Then Jesus told them it was His Father who gave the manna, not Moses, and it is His Father who gives the true bread from heaven to eat. Jesus told them, “For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” In saying this, Jesus was indicating His heavenly origin as the Son of God. So, they asked Him to give them this bread, and Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life“. (John 6:35) Upon hearing this, they began to grumble about Him because they did not believe Him.

God’s elect will believe

Jesus then goes on to explain to the crowd the following truths about who will believe and who will not:

1. He who comes and believes in Jesus will never be spiritually hungry or thirsty again. Jesus came to give “eternal” life, not temporary life. If you come and truly believe in Jesus, you will never fall away from Him. For the Lord is able to keep you in your faith. Remaining in your faith is therefore not dependent upon your own ability to persevere.
2. All who the Father gives to Jesus will come to Him. God the Father chose to give His only Son a love gift of redeemed people, for whom the Son would be willing to make an atonement for their sin. In return for this free gift of grace, His people would forever be devoted to Him in love and gratitude. (See Ephesians 1:4-6) Each person God elects unto salvation will gladly come and believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. God is willing and able to change their attitude and the disposition of their heart so they are eager to do so.
3. All who comes to Jesus, He will never drive away. Jesus would never refuse anyone who has been given to Him by His Father. For Jesus knows that it is His Father’s will that no one who the Father gives to the Son will ever be lost.
4. Nobody can come to Jesus unless the Father draws him, and Jesus will raise him up at the last day. No one has the ability to come and truly believe in Jesus unless the Father compels him to come. Man will naturally refuse to bow to the Father’s command to repent and believe to be saved since he has a sinful nature. But everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him will come to Jesus.

How will you respond to Jesus’ Claim of Divinity?

Ask yourself two very important questions. First, are you sure that you’ll go to heaven when you die? Secondly, are you certain why God should let you into heaven? If you don’t know for sure, you can settle that matter today. Visit my post, How to Begin Your Life Over Again and you’ll know where and how you’ll spend eternity.

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