11. What are Christ’s attributes or roles?

First, Jesus is truly God! Spend some time in contemplation, wrapping your mind around these descriptors of Christ, our Redeemer and Friend: He is omnipotent (Matthew 28:18), omniscient (Colossians 2:3), and unchangeable (Hebrews 13:8). Though His divinity has the natural ability of omnipresence, in His humanity He chooses to transfer His omnipresence to the ministry of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18). His self-existence was evident when He claimed life in Himself (John 5:26).JTL10 6.5

His heart and being are holiness (Luke 1:35) and love (1 John 3:16). He is eternal (Isaiah 9:6) and existed before all things (Colossians 1:17). He is also Creator (John 1:3) and Sustainer (Hebrews 1:3). That means that not only did Christ create the entire universe, but He keeps it functioning day by day. He not only formed us in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13), but He is the source of every breath we take. He can raise the dead with His voice (John 5:28, 29) and will judge the world at the end of time (Matthew 25:31, 32). Even His names tell us about His person and His longing for us—Immanuel means “God with us” (Matthew 1:23) and Jesus means “to deliver, save, or rescue.”JTL10 7.1