The Majesty of heaven was born in a donkey's food box because there was no room for Him among men. He had not where to lay His head. He was unrecognized and unhonored, yet He gave to the world an exact representation of the character of God. The life which He lived in human flesh before the wondering universe was not for Himself but for us. He was our Substitute and our Representative.
Righteousness is obedience to the law.
This we owe to the law, but as sinners we are incapable of rendering it. In our place and in our name, Christ gave to that law all that justice required. His was a life of wonderful humility and infinite perfection. He not only did no sin, but He went about doing good. He was the unwearied servant of man's necessities.