Personality of God Revealed in Christ

In His Son, God has revealed Himself as a personal being. The outshining of the Father’s glory “and the express image of His person,” Jesus, as a personal Savior, came to the world. As a personal Savior He ascended on high. As a personal Savior He intercedes in the heavenly courts. Before the throne of God “One like the Son of Man” ministers in our behalf. Hebrews 1:3; Revelation 1:13.MHH 240.1

Christ, the Light of the world, veiled the dazzling splendor of His divinity and came to live as a man among men, that mortals might, without being consumed, become acquainted with their Creator. Since sin brought separation between human beings and their Maker, no one has seen God at any time, except as He is manifested through Christ. “‘I and My Father are one,’” Christ declared. “‘No one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.’” John 10:30; Matthew 11:27.MHH 240.2

Christ came to teach us what God desires us to know. In the heavens above, in the earth, in the broad waters of the ocean, we see the handiwork of God. All created things testify to His power, His wisdom, His love.MHH 240.3

Yet not from the stars or the ocean or the cataract can we learn of the personality of God as it was revealed in Christ. God saw that a clearer revelation than nature was needed to portray both His personality and His character. He sent His Son into the world to manifest, so far as human sight could endure, the nature and attributes of the invisible God.MHH 240.4