Week #2: Jesus Shows Us What God Is Like
Blog Series Intention Recap
This four-week series for Christmas series helps people to understand the incarnation and the good news of Christ’s birth. Over the course of four weeks, people will learn what it means that they are made in God’s image. Then they will explore what it means for Jesus to be the image of God revealed. Finally, they will have a chance to rehear the Christmas story and learn why the good news involves God coming from heaven to earth in Jesus Christ.
This post is the main page of the series “Heaven to Earth: The Incarnation” Click here to see the rest of the posts.
Let’s jump into Week #2:
Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God—He shows us who God is and who we were meant to be.
Why it Matters:
Jesus reveals the character of God in a way we can see and know.
He lived as both fully God and fully man without sin.
Jesus models the true image of God and invites us to follow Him.
Through Jesus, we can be restored to live in God’s image again.
Go Deeper:
The God We Cannot See
God is real. He made everything, holds everything together, and rules over all. But God is also spirit—He cannot be seen with human eyes. This can feel hard to understand. People have always wanted to know what God is like. What would He say? What would He do?
The Bible says that Jesus is the answer. Colossians 1:15 says, “He is the image of the invisible God.” This means that when we look at Jesus, we see what God is like. Hebrews 1:3 calls Him “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.”
At Christmas, we celebrate this truth. Jesus—fully God—was born as a baby. God became human and walked among us.
God Became One of Us
John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” That means Jesus, the Son of God, took on a human body. He did not stop being God. But He became fully human too.
He was not a spirit pretending to be a man. He was a man—He got tired, hungry, and sad. He laughed and cried. He had a body like us and felt what we feel. He knows what it’s like to be human.
But there’s one big difference: Jesus never sinned.
He always did what was right. He never lied. He never hurt others to get His way. He loved His enemies. He obeyed His Father in everything. Jesus lived the way we were meant to live—without sin, without fear, and without shame.
Jesus Reflects God’s Heart
When we read the Gospels, we see how Jesus lived:
He welcomed the weak and cared for the sick.
He taught truth and exposed lies.
He wept with those who grieved and fed the hungry.
He forgave sinners and showed grace to those who failed.
These are not just signs of a good person. These are pictures of God’s heart. Jesus shows us the compassion of God, the power of God, and the holiness of God.
John 1:18 says, “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
To know what God is like, look at Jesus.
The True Image of God
In Week One, we saw that people were made in God’s image, but sin damaged that image. Jesus came to restore it.
Jesus is called “the image of God” not just because He reveals God, but because He lived the perfect human life. He shows us what we were supposed to be. He reflects God’s glory without sin. He lived in full trust of His Father and full love for others.
Jesus didn’t use His power to get praise or attention. Philippians 2:6–7 says, “Though he was in the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself… being born in the likeness of men.”
Jesus chose humility. He came to serve. That’s what God is like—and that’s what image-bearing looks like.
Why This Matters at Christmas
At Christmas, we often focus on the birth of Jesus. But we can’t stop there. We must also look at His life. He came not just to be born, but to live and show us the way back to God.
When the angels sang in Luke 2, they were celebrating the beginning of something greater. God had come to earth to reveal Himself, to rescue us, and to restore what sin had broken.
We don’t just need a Savior—we need a picture of what’s right. Jesus gives us both.
Beholding and Becoming
When we see Jesus clearly, we begin to change. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says we are “being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.” That means the more we look at Jesus, the more we become like Him.
We were not made to stay broken. Through Jesus, God is putting the pieces back together. He is renewing the image we were made to bear.
This is why following Jesus is more than believing facts. It’s a way of life. It’s learning from Him, walking with Him, and becoming like Him.
How does this help me understand, “Heaven to Earth?”
How to Follow the True Image
So what can we do this Christmas to follow the image of God in Jesus?
Look at Jesus in the Gospels – Read His words. Watch how He loves. Study how He prays. See how He serves.
Learn His ways – Obey what He teaches. Trust what He says. Do what He did.
Ask for help – We can’t live like Jesus without His Spirit. Ask God to make you more like His Son.
Love others like Jesus – Be patient. Be kind. Be bold in truth. Be gentle with the hurting. Forgive freely.
Jesus Is the Center of Christmas
Christmas is not just about a baby—it’s about the image of God made visible. In Jesus, heaven came to earth. God became man. Light entered the darkness.
And now, through Him, we can be made new.
This is good news for the world. This is good news for you.
Jesus shows us what God is like. And through Him, we can become who we were meant to be.
