Good morning, everyone. Once
again, we're in that book of Hebrews chapter 3, and man, we've
spent some considerable time in verse 1, have we not, of chapter
3? All the different messages there, the depth of the word that goes
from wherefore, the depth of the word where the writer calls
us holy brethren, partakers, members of the heavenly calling,
those who are God's elect, God's chosen. Those were all different
messages at one time. I think in this one chapter alone,
we're on our third or fourth message at least. And I could
probably go through that verse one and give you another message,
but our last message It was all about considering the apostle,
the messenger, considering Christ Jesus. Remember, we looked at
that that way. Consider Christ Jesus, that's who we're talking
about, who is our profession. We profess that he is the messenger
and the message. That's what apostle and high
priest we brought from that. And part of that, and not only
is he called by those names, we looked in Matthew last week,
a week ago Friday, the different names that we could use to describe
Christ. I like what Jamie had added to
that conversation. Jamie said, well, we could just
call him everything, couldn't we? I mean, is she not our all
in all? Absolutely. And I don't know
if I quoted her exactly perfect, but that's what she was insinuating.
That's what she was stating. And she's absolutely right. We
could come up, we could spend from now until God takes us out
of this world just looking at that subject alone, the names
that we could apply to our God. And faithfulness is absolutely
one of those names. Faithful? Absolutely. Look at
verse 2 with me, if you would. Hebrews chapter 3, verse 2. Who
was faithful? Now remember, we've got to take
that in consideration with what we just did a moment ago. Consider
the messenger and the message of our profession, Christ Jesus. Consider Him. Who was faithful
to Him that appointed Him? I want to stop there for just
a moment. Turn over to John chapter 17. I know we've looked at this verse
a lot lately, but this is so important. It goes so well with
what we're talking about here. We cannot help but read these
first four or five verses and see where the Lord was sent of
God. Actually, let's go over to John
chapter 17, verse 15. I pray not that thou shouldest
take them, speaking of God's people, because that's what this
is. This entire chapter, 17 all the way through 18, it's the
Lord Jesus in the garden praying what I refer to as the Lord's
Prayer for his people. So he says, I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even
as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth,
thy word is truth, as thou hast sent me. This is what we're talking
about here. We're talking about the one who
is faithful to the one. He was faithful to him. Remember,
you can look back if you want, Hebrews 2. This one that we want
you to consider, this one Jesus Christ, the Apostle and High
Priest of our profession, who was faithful to Him that appointed
Him, that sent Him, that chose Him, As thou hast sent me, back in
our other text there, John 17, as thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Verse 6, I have manifested thy
name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world. Thine
they were, and thou gavest me them, and they have kept thy
word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever hast thou
given me are of thee, for I have given unto them the words which
thou gavest me, and they have received them, and have known
surely that I came out of thee, that they may believe that thou
didst send me." So we see here, this is the one who sent his
son. He sent his son to become flesh
for you and I. This is the one who was faithful
to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all
of his house. Now, the Lord Jesus Christ is
Jehovah's faithful servant, as we just read, who was faithful
to him that appointed him. The Jews, they esteem Moses right
up there with Abraham. I mean, when you read the Old
Testament scriptures, when they would gather together, and that's
all they had at that time to read. I can imagine that the
scrolls were worn out at the Book of Exodus, where Moses led
the people out of their bondage to Egypt. I would imagine that would be
like Romans or Isaiah to you and I. I bet it was worn out
quite a bit. So Moses was held in high esteem. It's almost kind of like we can
look at some of the Lord's ministers throughout time and hold them
in high esteem. Don Cortner, Henry Mahan, Charles
Spurgeon, many others that I could go on and name that the Lord's
had throughout time. The Jews esteemed him, Moses,
quite highly, and as the servant of God, by whom the law was given
at Mount Sinai. But folks, I'm telling you, Moses
was just a man. I kind of wonder about this for
just a moment, because God help us. Lord help you and
I never raise a man up to where they raised Moses. And I've seen
this happen. I've seen people raise up Don
Fortner way further than they should have. I've seen people
raise up Gene Harmon way more than they should have. I hope
no one ever raises me up that high. They're going to be so
sorely disappointed. We're just men. But there's one whose faithfulness
is better than anybody that I could mention their name of right now. Don Fortner was a faithful preacher,
wasn't he? Did he not stand before us, you
and I, all those years and preach the gospel? Did we not, as noble
breeds, check the word? To see if what he spoke was true?
Yes, we did. Yes, we did. We could call him
faithful to the gospel, couldn't we? Well, that's what they did
with Moses. But folks, they're just men. There's somebody better
than that. There's one who is more faithful
than that. Isn't that what we've been studying in this book of
Hebrews? One who is better? One who is better in sacrificing
as a sacrifice, one who is better as a high priest, one who is
better than the angels himself, as we read in chapter 1. Well,
that's what today's message is all about. It's about one who
is more faithful, one who is so faithful, so perfect in everything
he did. We can trust him. We can rely
on what he's done. We can rely on what he said to
us. He says, you who know me will
hear my voice. We know that those who will belong
to him will hear his voice, don't we? We know that if we hear his
voice, it's because of him, do we not? Christ is God's perfect servant,
completely perfect and obedient in all things. Moses was a type
of, or a typical representative of Christ. He was typical as
a deliverer. Christ was a better deliverer,
was he not? Moses was typical to the people as the one who
would deliver them from the bondage of sin, deliver them from the
bondage of Egypt. The world. Is not Christ better? Oh, in so many, many, many ways. The point the writer is making
here is the fact that Christ is far greater and far more glorious
than even Moses could be. Moses was faithful to the trust
and responsibility that was put upon him by God. The whole house
of Israel was committed to his charm and care. Let me ask you,
let me make this statement. So too is Christ over us. Christ was appointed. He was
sent of God, isn't that what we're reading there in our text
in Hebrews? Who was faithful to Him that
appointed, that chose Him. He's faithful to you and I, the
house of Israel. He's been committed to his charge
and to his care, so he too is faithful as our mediator and
our surety. He's got all of God's elect in
his hands, and we can trust him We can trust His hands because
we can trust Him from eternity. Listen to Ephesians chapter 1
verse 12, that we should be to the praise of His glory who first
trusted in Christ. When did God first trust in His
Son? When they made that pact. When they made that covenant,
when they made that agreement, God the Father would give a people
to his son. God the Son would save those
people from their sins. He would purify them. He would
redeem them. He would sanctify them. He would
justify them. He would do whatever it took
that they may spend eternity with God the Father in heaven.
As our surety, He became responsible for us to bring us to glory.
Isn't that what we read in Matthew 121? He shall save His people
from their sins. Isn't that what we were looking
at in our Friday night Bible study? In the names? We shall
call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people. The Good Shepherd
will bring all of His sheep Safely into the fold is what we read
in John chapter 10 verse 16 where he says other sheep I have which
are not of this fold them also I must bring. That's our surety. The very one who declares. He must bring his other sheep,
and they shall hear my voice that says, and there shall be
one fold and one shepherd." Folks, God cannot fail. That sign over
there in the walkway, I put that out on Facebook. Shelly had mentioned
something about coming to the church there in Madisonville
and hearing the truth, and I just couldn't help it. I had to add
to her little post that she put on there that statement. If your God is trying, then your
preacher is lying. Folks, the God of Scripture doesn't
try to do anything. He does whatsoever He pleases. He's not waiting on you to do
something to receive His glory. He's coming to us when we were
dead and trespassers in sin and unable to do anything and giving
us His glory. That's why we say we love Him,
because He first loved us. God does not fail. And the Son
of God is faithful in everything that He does. Our Lord Jesus
Christ shall accomplish all that He was given to do. Turn over
to Isaiah chapter 42. I want to look at a couple of
scriptures here. In Isaiah chapter 42, we read, In verse 1 of Isaiah chapter
42, we read, Behold my servant, whom I uphold, mine elect, in
whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him. He shall bring forth judgment
to the Gentiles. He shall not cry nor lift up
nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed
shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench. He
shall bring forth judgment and the truth. He shall not fail
nor be discouraged till he has set judgment in the earth, and
the isle shall wait for his law. Thus saith God. He that created
the heavens and stretched them out. He that spread forth the
earth that which cometh out of it. He that giveth breath unto
the people upon it and the spirit to them that walk therein. Now let's look at one more if
you would. Turn over to John chapter 6. John chapter 6. We're talking about the God who
cannot fail. the true and living God, the
only God who cannot fail. John chapter 6 beginning at verse
37. John 6 beginning at verse 37. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. This is the one who shall not
fail. This is the one who cannot fail,
the one who is perfect. Everything he has done was pleasing
unto the Father. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me, and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise
cast out. For I came down from heaven not
to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. Here
we come, right back to that sent me part. The one who is faithful
to the one who sent him. Verse 39, And this is the Father's
will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me
I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last
day. And this is the will of him that
sent me. This and this is the will of him that sent me that
everyone which seeth the sun and believeth on him may have
everlasting life and I will raise him up the last day. God does
not fail. The Son of God is faithful in
all that He did. He was faithful in becoming flesh.
He was faithful in walking this world. He was faithful in going
to the cross and shedding His own blood. He was faithful in
being raised from the dead, and He is faithful right now, sitting
on His throne, making intercession for those
that He has loved. The word faithful means trustworthy.
Trustful, believing, faithfully, sure and true. In Isaiah 25-1
we read these words, O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt
thee, I will praise thy name, for thou hast done wonderful
things, thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. I was talking with somebody You
know all, oh I know it was Clay. By the way, Clay Curtis sends
his love. He texted me this morning before the sun was even up. He
was getting ready to go into services and he just wanted to
tell me he loved me. Just pray for me, let me know
that he was praying for us here. Can't wait to see us in July or June. Can't wait to see
us. We were talking about the things
the Lord and told Israel, if you do, I will do this. You know, the world loves to
take those things out of scripture and say, see here, see here. God didn't fulfill that. He said
he was going to do something. The point they're missing is
that Israel didn't do what they were supposed to do. Do you know
how that applies to you and I? We don't do what we're supposed
to do right now. But He who is faithful in everything
that was promised has done it for us. Our substitute
has done it for us. Thy counsels, it said in Isaiah
25 of old, are faithfulness and truth. Listen to Psalm 119, verse
75. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments
are right, and that thou, in faithfulness, hath afflicted
me. David was writing about an affliction. He knew where that affliction
was from, and he knew that it was Christ being faithful to
his word. Turn over to Psalms 89. Psalms
89. In Psalms 89, we begin reading
verse 15, blessed is the people that know the joyful sound. They shall walk, O Lord, in the
light of thy continent. In thy name shall they rejoice
all the day, and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. For thou
art the glory of their strength, And in thy favor our horn shall
be exalted. Now that horn is speaking about
the Lord Jesus Christ. For the Lord is our defense and
the Holy One of Israel is our King. Then thou speakest in a
vision to thy Holy One and saidest, I have laid help upon one that
is mighty. I have exalted one chosen out
of the people. I have found David my servant
with my holy oil. I have anointed him with whom
my hand shall be established. My arm also shall strengthen
him. The enemy shall not exact upon him, nor the son of the
wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes
before his face and plague them that hate him. But my faithfulness. and my mercy shall be with him."
Folks, our Lord's faithfulness and his mercy shall be with his
people. Turn over to Revelation 21 and
we'll bring this to a close. Revelation, verse chapter 21,
that's the second to the last chapter there. Look at the beginning of verse
1 if you would with me. Revelation 21, And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth, and the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, John, saw
the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men. And he dwelleth with them, and
they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them,
and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former
things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne
said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write,
for these words are true and faithful. Folks, everything that
we read in this love letter to you and I, because that's what
this is. This is a love letter to God's people. God's not speaking
to the world out of this book. He's speaking to His people. The world has taken this book
and twisted the words in it to fit what they think is right. To fit what they think is the
way things should be. God's people take this word,
this love letter to us as it is. He who is faithful. Great is His faithfulness. Amen.