..." Thy righteousness is in heaven," were not to be found in the Bible, but then there were these, " He is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." This blessed truth was his peace with God. He was complete in Christ Jesus. The occasion...

...complete, justifying, and rewardable righteousness. His righteousness is evinced by his having been made of God unto us " wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption : " 1 Cor. i. 30 ; 2 epistle v. 21 ; Rom. x. 4 ; by his being in the bosom of his Father, and being styled, " the image...

...me, but on Him that sent me ; and he that seeth ine seeth Him that sent me ; — He is our peace; — He is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:" such is the characteristic tenor of this whole glorious Gospel of the blessed God,...

...righteousness. We have confidence that Christ hath put away our sins by the sacrifice of himself, and that he " is made of God unto us wisdom and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." And this, not on account of our superiority to our fellow-men, not on account of our...

...being like Him, entirely conformed to His image, and ultimately fashioned like unto His glorious body. He is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption ; and this redemption will be manifested, and find its consummation, in our complete...

...Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body." And is he made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption 1 — Then we learn what is our condition by nature : we are destitute of all these, and can never derive...

...mistake. If you turn to 1 Cor. i. 30, you will find the apostle affirming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he is made of God unto us " wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." Now, if being justified and being made holy are the same thing, the obviously precise...

...Christ. Against bitters without and bitters within, this is your one sweet — Christ — Christ, " Made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption" (1 Cor. i. 30). Ah, you think right thoughts of Jesus who think Him the "one thing needful," and seek Him as such....

...which is the word of God, ere we can embrace Christ in the whole of that glorious fulness, in which "he is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption !" But, as we must all have fonnd that it is in the living and abiding consciousness...

...salvation cometh." And who is this salvation but CHRIST in all his fulness and suitability to his people ? for he is made of God unto us " wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification — or holiness — and redemption." Christ is the great salvation. " Behold, thy salvation cometh...