Philippians 2:5-11 — Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

I knew, when I started these pieces on God that I was taking on a challenge that was too great for me. Yesterday, when I finished writing about the Father I was saddened at how little I could say. But there are consolations! Charles Wesley wrote many of our finest hymns. One of his was “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild” which starts “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.” Well nobody can deny the greatness of Wesley’s hymns … But pretty much every hymn writer that I can think of has the same challenge — it is impossible to describe Jesus is all His complexity in one hymn.
There are more aspects to Jesus than I could cover in a hundred of these pieces. But one that should never be missed is the picture that Jesus Himself paints for John in the Revelation (19:11-13): “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.” Not exactly “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild”!
When I see the Man who was a carpenter, and a friend of fishermen and tax-gatherers, who am I seeing? When I look at the Man who put His Father’s will first, even when it meant a cruel death on the cross, who am I looking at? Who was it who healed the sick, forgave sinners, tenderly blessed children, compassionately fed thousands. It was the one of whom Isaiah said, (Isaiah 53:2-3) “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” I am looking at the one shown to Daniel in his dream, “one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:13-14)
Jesus is God, man, warrior, king, priest, shepherd, healer, teacher, savior, redeemer and friend. He is also Son of God. His sonship speaks of His uniquely obedient relationship with God the Father and of his mission to enable people to become adopted children of God by accepting who He is, admitting who they are, and placing their faith in Him.
There is too much, by far, for one person to say. What will you add?