Christ All in All: Christ is our Righteousness

I'm reading a series of sermons by Philip Henry (Matthew Henry the Bible Commentator's father), and thought I would share some quotes as I go along. Using the book "Christ All in All" as a devotional, I'm reading just one sermon a day, but each one is full of rich doctrine!

And this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.                                                                                                              —JEREMIAH 23:6

 "It is by and through Him alone that we are justified—that is, acquitted from guilt and accepted into favor."

"The grace and favor of God is the creature's happiness—want that, and want all; have that, and have all. Now there can be no hope of this favor but in a by Jesus Christ. The holy God will admit of none into His friendship or fellowship but those to whom Jesus Christ is made righteousness."

"Because Christ is God, who wrought it out and brought it in for us, it is not a man's righteousness, poor and weak and insufficient, but a God's righteousness."

"Till we have called Jesus Christ "the Lord our righteousness," ours is a dismal, dark condition. When we call the Lord our righteousness, then He rises on our souls as a sun of righteousness, and that which follows is the light of comfort and peace and joy—such joy as none knows but they that feel it."

"When we have well done, after some good work, pride of heart rises, and we begin to expect from God as if we were something. No, Jesus Christ is the Lord my righteousness. I am an unprofitable servant when I have done all."