rays. And so is " Christ the light and Hfe of the whole world ;" as it is written, " With thee is the fountain of life ; and in thy hght shall we see light'."
This is yet more fully expressed in our text, which declares, that Christ shall he made all unto us, even zmsdoju, and righteousness, and sanctification, and re- demption, to every soul that believes in him.
Do we need zoisdom ? He shall be made wisdom to us. Wonderful shall be the views which he will impart to the believing soul : yes, the believer shall have, according to the measure of the gift of Christ, " the very mind that was in Christ himself," and be made to view every thing as God himself views it™. What humiliating views will he have of himself as a guilty, corrupt creature, deserving of God's wrath and indignation ! What exalted views will he have of all the Divine perfections, and particularly of them as united and harmonizing in the person and work of Christ ! How will he be enabled to " comprehend the height and depth and length and breadth of Christ's unsearchable love, so as even to be filled by it with all the fulness of God"!" What a perception will he have of '' the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost"," and of all his gracious influences, as " a spirit of adoption testifying to his soul, that God is his Father, and that he is God's beloved child^ !" In what hateful colours will he now behold the sins which he once loved ; and how lovely in his estimation will be the paths of righteousness and true holiness ! When once " God, who com- manded light to shine out of darkness in the mate- rial world shall shine into his heart to give him this knowledge, he will behold all the glory of God in the face of Jesus Chrisf."
Do we need righteousness? Christ shall be made righteousness to the believing soul. The very name by which we are privileged to call our blessed Lord, is, "Jehovah our righteousness^" In Christ we shall
• Ps. xxxvi. 9. ™ Phil. ii. 5. 1 John ii. 20.
" Eph. iii. 18, 19. " Rom. v. 5.
P Rom. viii. 15, 1(1. 'i 2 Cor. iv. 6. ■" Jer. xxiii. 6.