Turn with me, if you would, to
Isaiah chapter 42. We will read verse four. The name of the message
is, Christ shall not fail. Oh, it's wonderful. It's wonderful. And we're gonna see one of them
little words we love, S-H-A-L-L, shall. My, oh my. Five letter word with so much
meaning. Oh my. Isaiah chapter 42, we'll
read verse four. This speaks of the Messiah not
failing in what he has come to do, which is to save his people
from their sins. We have a successful Savior,
beloved. And he shall not fail because
he's God. He's God incarnate in the flesh.
It's wonderful. The word of God, the second person
of the Trinity, leaves heaven, comes to this world, born of
a virgin, totally sinless, in thought, word, and deed, goes
to Calvary's cross, first of all lives a perfect life in our
room and place, and then goes to Calvary's cross and redeems
us, because he shall not fail, redeems us from all our sins,
is dead, died, and is buried, and on the third day, praise
his mighty name, he rose for our justification, and right
now he's sealed at the right hand of the Father. Isn't that
wonderful? That's wonderful. Look at this,
Isaiah chapter 42 verse 4, one verse. He says, He shall not
fail, nor be discouraged, till he has set judgment on the earth,
and the isles shall wait for his law. Look at that. The Messiah
shall not fail, or be discouraged. Beloved, this is wonderful, wonderful
news. Look at that. What a glorious
truth is set before us about our blessed Lord, the Lord Jesus
Christ. The fact that he shall not fail
or be discouraged in his mighty work of redemption in saving
our eternal souls, beloved. As God's servant, Christ came
into this world to do the will of God. He said in John 4, 24,
he says this, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me
and to finish his work. Look at that. I'll read that
again slowly. My meat is to do the will of
him that sent me. So he's come here to do the will
of the father who sent him. right, to finish his work. He shall not fail or be discouraged. Oh my, my oh my. So of this we can be certain
that everything the father sent the son to do, to accomplish,
he fulfilled it perfectly. to the exact will, purpose, and
delight of God Almighty. Isn't that wonderful? Just as
it is recorded in verse 21 of this same chapter, Isaiah 42,
verse 21. Look at this. The Lord is well
pleased for His righteousness' sake. He will magnify the law
and make it honorable. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah,
sent by God, God incarnate in the flesh, magnified the law. In other words, he fulfilled
it perfectly. He honored the word of God as our substitute
in our room and place. He's sinless. He's not broken
the law at all. But we have multiple times. We've broken every single law
of God. Oh my. And it says here, the
Lord is well pleased for his righteousness sake, for the righteousness
of Christ. See, he wove a perfect coat of
righteousness for us. And the believer in Christ is
clothed in that perfect righteousness. It's wonderful. He will magnify
the law and make it honorable. Isaiah 42 verse four. Do you
know the Lord Jesus Christ was the delight of the Father in
eternity? You can find that in Proverbs
8, verses 22 to 30, if you'd like to look that up. And when
he was manifest in the flesh in time, because he was outside
of time and space, is the word of God, he entered into time
and space to save his people from their sins, and his name
is the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you know everything he did
in the flesh pleased the Father? As our substitute, Matthew 317,
the father said, this is my beloved son, in whom I'm well pleased. Isn't that wonderful? And if
we're in Christ, then the father's well pleased with us. And he's
the head and we're the body. Isn't that, oh, it's wonderful.
My, oh my, what a wonderful truth. Now, that scripture says, this
is my beloved son, speaking of Christ. God the Father says,
this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. The exact opposite
is true of we men and women born as sons and daughters of Adam. From the beginning, from the
beginning, Adam placed in a perfect environment that God placed him
in, failed. He fell in a result of Adam's
fall. All of Adam's race inherited
from the first man a fallen and depraved nature that cannot produce
anything good before God but failure and sin. That's our natural
state. We're unprofitable servants,
beloved. The only good that we do now,
even as believers, comes because God's working in us and through
us. My. God, in his holy Bible, has
said of us, verily, every man at his best state, his best state,
is altogether vanity. And in Ecclesiastes, Verse 720
says, for there's not a just man upon the earth that doeth
good and sinneth not. Now, whether people believe that
or not, that's the scripture. God has said that. Somebody says,
well, I don't believe that. I'm a good person. No, you're
not. Because the scripture says, there is not a just man upon
this earth. We're born dead and trespasses to sin. We're unjust. And how can we be made just?
before God, in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, praise his
mighty name, who shall not fail. And he didn't fail. He redeemed
his people from our sins at Calvary's cross. Now, what that scripture there
says, well, there's not a just man upon the earth and that do
it good and sin is not. This should give every sinner
great incentive and inspiration to look to the Christ of God. That cannot fail. and to trust him for all things
in salvation. See, the sinner needs righteousness.
We are born into this world dead in trespasses and sins, and our
righteousness, our works, are like filthy rags before God.
So we need a perfect righteousness. Well, Jesus Christ did not fail
to produce righteousness, Romans 1 or Romans 10, 4, for Christ
is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe it.
Isn't that wonderful? Christ is our righteousness.
It's wonderful. Well, we need redemption, don't
we? We need to be saved from all our sins. We need redemption
from sin. So in the room and place of chosen
sinners, Jesus Christ comes to this earth, lives a perfect life,
goes to the cross, gives his life by the shedding of his precious
blood, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, gives
his life in our room and place, the perfect man, the sinless
substitute, gives his life for sinners, that we might be redeemed
out from under the curse of the law. That's wonderful news for
sinners. We need salvation. We need salvation. Well, Christ saved his people
with an everlasting salvation. Isn't that wonderful? He obtained
eternal salvation for us. He is the sent one of God. He
is the lamb slain from before the foundation of the world.
He was sent by God the Father to save his people from their
sins. And we see in our text, it's
proclaimed, he shall not fail, and beloved, he did not. He obtained
eternal salvation for us. Praise his mighty name. Well,
we need to be justified. We looked at that in Wednesday
night. We need to be justified. Jesus Christ justified us through
his blood in every aspect of our salvation. Jesus Christ is
our mediator. Our substitute did not fail to
honor God's holy justice in securing the salvation of our souls. Praise
God, we are justified, which means to be declared innocent.
Or it also means to be made righteous. My! The unrighteous made righteous
by the perfect righteousness of Christ. It's amazing. Absolutely amazing. All in and
through the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, we can rightly conclude
that for those whom Christ lived and died as a representative
and advocate, they will not perish. They shall be saved. They've
been saved at Calvary's cross, and they will be born again.
They will be gathered in. They're called lost sheep. We
don't know who they are, so we preach the gospel to all. Listen
to this. This is wonderful. Oh, beloved
of God, let this sink deep in your soul. We've heard this many
times, but oh, just let it sink in your soul like it's brand
new. John chapter six, starting in verse 37 and going to 40.
This is Christ speaking. All that the Father gave me shall
come to me. Shall. In him that cometh to
me. Have you come to Christ? Here's
wonderful news. Him that cometh to me I will
in no wise cast out. That's God in the flesh saying
that. That's not one sinner saying it to another sinner. That's
the sinless one. That's God in the flesh saying that to his
disciples. And beloved, that speaks of we
who are redeemed by his precious blood. For I came down from heaven. See, he was in heaven. I came
down from heaven, not to do mine own will, But the will of him
that sent me, well, he came to do the will of the Father. Now
we're gonna find out what is that will. John 6, 39. And this
is the will of the Father which has sent me, that of all which
he hath given me, I should lose nothing. He shall not fail or
be discouraged. Look at it, it goes on though.
But should raise it up again at the last day. So all who he
redeemed shall be raised up and glorified and shall be with him
in heaven forever. And this is the will of him that
sent me. Look at this. That everyone that seeth the
sun, have you looked and saw the sun by the eye of faith?
By God given faith? and believeth on him, my, may have everlasting life,
and I will raise him up at the last day. My. And then a little further down,
a couple of chapters over, he tells us because he lives, we
will live. Oh, this is wonderful. Yet a
little while, John 14, 19, yet a little while, and the world
seeth me no more. But ye see me, because I live,
he shall live also. My, isn't that wonderful? When we get to heaven, we're
going to behold our Redeemer face to face, beloved. Glory
to his name. And because he did not fail as
our substitute to please and satisfy God's holy justice, and
His holy law, then we did not fail being in Him. My! Listen to this. Galatians 2.20, Paul writes,
says this, I am crucified with Christ. When Christ died, Paul
died with Him. I'm crucified with Christ. Nevertheless,
I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. In the life which
I now live, in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and that's from eternity. And then Paul says,
and gave himself for me. He manifested his love for his
bride by giving his life for us, beloved. And we were crucified
with him. Oh my. That's why That's why we bow in humble adoration
to our great King and the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why we sing,
how great thou art, Lord Jesus. How great thou art. And think
of this. We who are born again blood-washed
saints of God, we give thanks unto God that he did not leave
us to our own miserable failures and leave us in our sin, but
he revealed unto us the Lord Jesus Christ, who did not and
will not ever fail. Rejoice, beloved of God. Christ
has performed all things in salvation for us. Amen and amen.