Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

temptation is yielded to. And that Christ never did.
The glory of His righteousness is that it was the
result of constant fierce conflict with temptation,
"yet without sin." Thus His holiness is dynamic
and glorious. He was "blameless, unstained,
separated from sinners" (Hebrews 4:15, RSV)
while He came close to redeem them where they
are.
Thus the message of Christ's righteousness is
tremendous. Have you ever stood by a lake in the
evening while the moon is rising and seen that
shimmering path of light stretch from your feet to
the moon at the horizon's edge? Then as you walk
down the shore, lo, the path of light moves with
you, always stretching directly from where you are.
I think of Christ's righteousness as something
distinctly personal for "every man," a path devised
by the Saviour to stretch from where my feet stand
at this moment to His throne of grace and victory.
He has put Himself in my place. He knows exactly
the strength of the temptations now assailing me,
and He knows how to resist. He was "made to be
sin" for me. He knows the weight of the guilt I
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