He is God.

The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” “It is as you say,” Jesus replied. (Matthew 26:63-64)

He became a person.

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. (John 1:14)

He was born of a virgin.

The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel. (Matthew 1:23)

He taught the truth and performed miracles.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23)

He hung out with the outcasts.

Later, when Jesus was eating at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” (Matthew 9:10-11)

He got angry at the religious fakes.

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. (Matthew 23:27)

He was persecuted unfairly.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward (Matthew 26:59-60)

He was tempted in every way.

… for he faced all the same testings we do … (Hebrews 4:15)

He never made a mistake.

… he did not sin. (Hebrews 4:15)

… he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. (1 John 3:5)

He died, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20)

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. (Acts 1:9)

He made it possible to have a relationship with God.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17)

He can sympathize with our struggles.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses … (Hebrews 4:15)

He loves us.

… that you may have the power … to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ (Ephesians 3:18-19)