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Lesson 15 – The Names and Titles of Jesus

Lesson 15 – The Names and Titles of Jesus

April 15, 2026  |  The Names and Titles of Jesus  |  Lesson 15

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

John 14:1–6 — “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be. And you know the way where I am going.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Jesus continued the Upper Room Discourse with a number of statements meant to comfort His disciples, knowing that He would return to Heaven very soon. What greater comfort could Jesus have given His disciples than to know that Jesus was going to prepare a place for them in Heaven and return to take them there for all eternity.

Though His disciples were not unintelligent, sometimes they forgot what Jesus had taught them. We’ve seen this in the case of Philip (John 6:5), Thomas (John 11:16), and Peter (John 13:8), in previous passages. We see it once again with Thomas in verse 4. Jesus said, “And you know the way where I am going.” Yet, Thomas contradicted Jesus, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?” Jesus saw that Thomas had not yet learned enough doctrine to realize that Jesus and the Father were one, “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him and have seen Him.” Eventually, Thomas would believe this truth!

Jesus reminded His disciples that He was the only way for a person to go to Heaven and enter the plan of God. (I am the way). He reminded them that He is the embodiment of absolute truth, since God’s Word is the mind of Christ. (I am the truth). Jesus also said He is the life, meaning as God, He is eternal life, one of His attributes. (I am the life). And the Christian life that believers enjoy is based on living our lives the way Jesus lived His life.

The Bread of Life

Jesus is talking to the same people who were there when Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two fish. They had followed Him across the Sea of Galilee.

John 6:26–35 — “Jesus answered them and said, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.’ 28 Therefore they said to Him, ‘What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?’ 29 Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’ 30 So they said to Him, ‘What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: “He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.” 32 Jesus then said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of Heaven, but it is My Father Who gives you the true bread out of Heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down out of Heaven and gives life to the world.’ 34 Then they said to Him, ‘Lord, always give us this bread.’ 35 Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.'”

“Jesus answered them and said, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled.” Truly, truly is a Greek idiom that means an absolute truth follows. The miracle they had seen was to authenticate that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh, that He was deity, their Messiah, and that He had come to pay the penalty for their sin. The purpose of all miracles performed by Jesus was to focus attention on Him as the Savior. But their focus was on food (because you ate) instead of faith in Jesus as Savior.

“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” The food that lasts for eternal life is an analogy for faith in Jesus as their Savior. The seal of the Father means that God the Father gave His approval for His Son to be the Savior of the world.

“Therefore, they said to Him, ‘What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?’ Jesus answered and said to them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.'” They missed the point of grace, thinking that human effort was the means of receiving eternal life. However, Jesus clearly explained to them that the “work” that God required for eternal life was faith in Christ.

“So, they said to Him, ‘What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing?'” Remember who asked this question. Jesus had just fed them by turning two loaves of bread and five fish into a meal for thousands of people. But that was not enough for this crowd; they wanted to see more miracles. So that we may see and believe seems to be a ploy to entice Jesus into performing another miracle for their entertainment.

“Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread out of Heaven to eat.’ Jesus then said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father Who gives you the true bread out of Heaven.'” This was a quote from Psalm 78:24, where God gave the Israelites bread from Heaven for forty years. The Jews were giving Moses the credit for providing bread to the Israelites. We see this when Jesus corrected them by saying it was not Moses who gave them bread, it was God the Father.

Jesus knew exactly what they meant and called them out on it. Then He referred to Himself as “the true bread out of Heaven.” Of course, they didn’t understand what Jesus was talking about. Using this illustration of God feeding the Israelites proved they were wanting Jesus to feed them by performing another miracle.

Jesus switched from divine provision for physical life to divine provision for eternal life. They needed the Bread of Life more than they needed food. In this verse, Christ is called the True Bread; in verse 33 He is called the Bread of God; in verse 35 He is called the Bread of Life. Jesus was saying that what they really needed was salvation, not food for their stomachs!

“For the bread of God is that which comes down out of Heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, ‘Lord, always give us this bread.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.'” Jesus drove the point home as He explained that He came from Heaven to provide eternal life for the world. It may seem like they had a change of mind and actually believed in Him as their Savior. However, this was not the case, as we will see in the following verses.