“And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” —1 Corinthians 1:30

One of the best descriptions of Jesus is to see him as God, in human form. It is difficult to understand how Jesus could be fully God, yet fully man. Jesus is the only One in human history who will ever carry that distinction.

When Jesus spoke, he spoke with the wisdom of God. Jesus lived each day of his life in a righteous or right relationship with God. Jesus led a life of holiness, sanctified by God and set apart to serve him. And Jesus was born to be the Messiah and provide for our redemption. 

Paul described Jesus as the One who became wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. When we received Christ as our Lord and Savior, Jesus became the source of God’s character in us, through his Holy Spirit.

Jesus is the model for our own faith, and the pathway for our relationship with God as our Father.

“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” —Isaiah 7:14

The prophet Isaiah spoke of the coming Messiah and assigned him the name Immanuel, meaning the character of God—with us. Jesus lived on earth as God incarnate. He was and is God with us.

Immanuel, God with us, was redefined in the days that followed Pentecost. Forty days after Christ ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit came to indwell those gathered in Jerusalem. Jesus, through his Holy Spirit, is God with us.

God has given us a “sign” of his reality. Anyone who has the Holy Spirit has the continual presence of Jesus in their life. Just as people sought the presence of Jesus when he walked in this world, we should seek his Presence today through the Holy Spirit. God, three-in-one, is with us now and has made certain we could be with him eternally. 

Jesus is the model for our own faith and the pathway for our eternal relationship with God. 

Can you sense the presence of Immanuel right now?