Christ is as eternal as God. The practicality of the Christ lies in the fact that Christ is the true idea of God and man; the divine manifestation of Spirit, which has been present throughout the ages to destroy the falsities and impurities of the flesh and to heal the sins and sicknesses of mankind through God's power and for His glory.
The divine title of Christ was bestowed upon Jesus, the humble Nazarene, who exemplified the nature of his Father more practically than any of the prophets who preceded him. This Christ-nature was especially manifest in the graciousness which caused him to say, "I can of mine own self do nothing" (John 5:30). This very meekness, springing from his complete self-immolation and dependence on God, was the secret of his mighty works. So great was his humility, so sure was he of his divine origin and of Love's ever-present, tender care, that personal sense was not able to victimize him.
While the human Jesus had his struggles and temptations, his spiritual selfhood knew neither anger nor murmurings; it could not be hurt, cast down, or disturbed by malicious pretensions of evil. Self-will, self-justification, self-love, and the barrenness of human frustration had no power over Jesus, who was ever conscious of man's relationship with the Father and of the divine truths of being. To him, holiness and purity were the only realities and the natural characteristics of man. Never could he be made to believe that he was unappreciated, neglected, or alone, nor could he be tempted to yield to the arguments for place and power, because the Christ revealed to him the fullness of divine being.
