Being Christ-like

We are taught to seek to know Jesus Christ and to be like him. Last night, I really started to wonder -- what does that mean, exactly? I was reading John where Jesus is speaking to the Father for his disciples. For some reason, I thought it was a prayer he says after being crucified. I was, of course, wrong. This was the prayer Jesus speaks to his Father for his followers just before he is arrested. I suppose this is as good a starting point as any in knowing Jesus' character. In the moment when he is suffering under the agonizing prospect before him, when he is in such emotional pain he literally sweats blood, Jesus remembers his friends and speaks for them. He is not too busy or consumed with his own destiny -- as he would have any right to be -- his love for others is so complete that he can put himself aside to commend them to the Father, even though he is about to sacrifice himself for everyone. What is more Christ-like than this?