All right. Title of this message, Jesus
Christ is no failure. He did not fail in his mission. He came into this world to save
sinners. He did not fail. Years ago, I
had a preacher a man who was pastoring a, and I don't even
want to call it a church, but he was pastoring a church. He said to me, and we were discussing
the gospel, and he said to me, Jesus Christ died for Judas as
well as he did for Peter. If that were true, He failed
at it, didn't he? Because Judas is called a son
of perdition. And Judas is in hell. And if Jesus Christ died for
him, he failed at it. He failed at it. And what does
that say for us who have hope in Christ? If he
couldn't save him, Can He really save me? Can He really save me? Can I really rest? Do I really have a hope? You know, the scripture tells
us that our hope is laid up in heaven. It's secure. It's taken care of. And the reason
being is that Jesus Christ, our hope, as Paul calls Him in Timothy,
did not fail. And you and I have God's Word
on it. That's the Word. I have God's
Word on it. And as we saw this morning, God's
Word never changes. He's not a man that he should
lie or should repent. Has he not said and shall he
not do it? Absolutely. Absolutely. And this chapter
gives us good news, great news, that the servant of God, spoken
of here, who is Jesus Christ, shall not fail. He said that
God said he shall not fail. He shall not fail to redeem.
He shall not fail to conquer. As he says on over into the chapter
there that he will conquer his enemies. He'll rise up and conquer
his enemies. He shall not fail to redeem.
He shall not fail to save. He shall not fail to keep. God's glory is vested in him. If he fails, God fails. Right? If he fails, Almighty God fails. and he never fails. And I thank
God that I'm not sitting under the ministry of that man that
I used to sit under and listen to every week preach a Jesus
that failed. That's another Jesus. Paul said
they'll come preaching another Jesus and that other Jesus that
they preach is a failure. He might save and he might not.
But this one This one, God said, He shall not fail. He shall not,
cannot, will not fail. It's impossible. He's God. He's God. Now He says, Behold,
give great attention. And that is exactly what we are
here for this morning. To behold. And to give great
attention to God's servant. Behold my servant. The person
spoken of here is the man Christ Jesus. He's the servant. He's
called the servant of God. He is God the Father's servant.
He says in Philippians 2, in chapter 2, He took upon Him the
form of a servant. It was not beneath Him to serve. He was glad to serve. In fact,
He took a towel one time and was bent down to wash the disciples'
feet. And Peter said, No, Lord, don't
do that. He was not ashamed to serve. He was not ashamed to be called
a servant. A servant. He came to accomplish
our salvation from sin, from death, from the law, by His service. That's how we are redeemed, by
His service. He magnified the law and He made
it honorable by His service. I've never done that. I've dishonored
it by my conduct, by my service. Jesus Christ, by his service,
magnified God's law and made it honorable. There was no point
in God's law where he failed. There was not a jot or tittle
that he did not fulfill. He loved God with all his heart. I don't know what that's like.
I love God, but I don't love him like I ought to. None of
us do. I believe God, but I don't believe
him like I ought to. Do you? How many times did he
say to his disciples, why are you so fearful? Why are you so
fearful? I thought you believed God. I believe God. Many of you believe
God. But not like we ought to believe
God. But he believed God just like he ought to believe God.
Just as God ought to be believed, he believed. And you know what?
That's my righteousness. That's my right. He loved his
neighbor as himself. As himself, he did. That's my
righteousness. That's accredited to me. That's
laid to my account. He was perfect in every way. He was and is perfect in every
way. And He's my righteousness. He's
it. He's it. God's servant. Behold,
my servant. Behold Him. He's upheld. He's
approved by the Father. That's what He's saying. Behold,
my servant. I've approved. This is my beloved Son in whom
I'm well pleased. Listen to Him. Hear Him. Kiss
the Son, it says in the Psalms. Kiss the Son. He had the Spirit, it says, without
measure as our Mediator. He had it without measure. And
it says here, He shall bring truth and righteousness to us
Gentiles. Before we didn't have it. We
sat in darkness. We have the truth because Jesus
Christ brought it to us. He preached to the Gentiles as
well as the Jews. He saved Gentiles as well as
Jews. He shall save many is what he's
saying. He shall save many. Someone said, when thinking upon
the Lord's redemptive work, think large. He's called the Lord of
hosts. I know we look like we'll maybe
be a few in number here this morning. But think of that heavenly
host that has gathered around worshipping Him right along with
us this morning. It's a big crowd. There's a big
crowd going on with us this morning worshipping the Lord Jesus Christ. For the most part, they're in
heaven. But there's a number on this
earth that's worshipping Him right now. When we think of redemption,
we need to think large. When we think upon God, look
what He created. Has God done anything on a small
scale? Has He? Look at the universe. We're still discovering things
out there. When you look at there, we can't even begin to count
all the stars and the galaxies and all of that. We're going to be amazed when
it's over. I promise you, we're going to be absolutely amazed
when it's over with. Now he says concerning his servant,
he shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his voice to be heard
in the street. It is written in Philippians
2 that he made himself of no reputation. We have two people
right now running for president. The two most unelectable people
on earth are running for president. That's sad to say, but it's so. What are they doing every day?
They're trying to make a reputation. They're trying to set forth to
us and trying to get a reputation so they can get a vote. Well, he's not campaigning for
votes. He's already the elect. When we talk about election,
we have to start with Jesus Christ first. Let's not start with Israel. Let's not start with even the
church. Let's start with Christ. Because all the elect were chosen
in the elect. We were chosen in Him. He's the
elect. So if we're going to start talking
about election, you've got to start with Him. Gotta start with Him. Now it
says, God's servant shall not cry. He's not gonna lift up His
voice in the street to be heard. He's not gonna go around trying
to get a reputation. He's not going around arguing
with men. He didn't come to argue. When
you're right, you don't need to argue. Really, think about
it. If you're right, you don't need
to argue. And you cannot argue someone into salvation. And you
cannot argue with someone and they change their opinion and
they're all right. No. God's got to change the heart. He's not changing an argument.
It's the heart. It's the heart problem. He didn't
come to argue with men. He was not contentious. He's
meek and lowly, he said. He said, come to me, I'm meek
and lowly at heart. He didn't come to prove. He didn't
come to prove anything. He did not come into this world
to prove God that God is. And when we stand and preach,
I'm not standing here this morning and trying to prove to you anything.
I'm declaring to you the truth. I'm not trying to prove the truth.
Declaring the truth. That's what we are. We're heralds.
We herald the Word of God. We're not going to sit down and
have debate back and forth and say who's right and wrong, say
who read the most. Now we just, we declare the truth
and move on. I don't have anything to argue
about. I have nothing to argue about. This is what the Word
of God says and I'm going to go to the next place and the
next door that God opens. He didn't come to prove anything,
He came to save. He came to save. He didn't come
to prove, He came to save. And then it says here, it gives
us his character, a bruised reed. A bruised reed shall he not break. You got any bruised reeds here
this morning? Any broken hearts? Has God broken any of us down? A bruised reed shall he not break. You see a reed is something that's
standing in the water there and something has bruised it, almost
broke it, and he's not going to come over and just pluck it
up and throw it away. And the smoking flax shall he
not quench or put out. You have an interest in Christ.
The least interest, the least interest here this morning in
Jesus Christ, he will not put it out. In fact, he'll fan it. He'll fan it and make it grow. He won't put out the least interest
in him. Not at all. God's servant is kind. to sinners. Listen, the self-righteous are
not kind to sinners. Those Pharisees, they were not
kind to sinners. Remember when Simon the Pharisee
and that woman came in and started to wash his feet? And Simon said,
if he knew what kind of woman that was, he wouldn't let her
touch him. Then they went and they found a woman caught in
adultery. And they brought her and threw
her at his feet, and they were ready for a stoning. They were
ready for a stoning. I was watching the Western some
time ago, and it was based on a true story, but you know how
TV is. It's always right. But they were
hanging this criminal. The whole town showed up. You
know, back during the Civil War, when it very first started, some
people would take picnic baskets and stand on the hill and watch
it. Human nature loves carnage. Really, why do you think you
get into watching this UFC cage fighting, it's filled up, these
guys are beating the life out of each other. I mean, they're
just like gladiators. They had those gladiator wars,
watch them, they kill them. We love that stuff. Pharisees,
you know, they wanted to watch this stoning. They wanted to
try and trap Him with the law, but they wanted to watch this
stoning. They're going, mean. It's mean to the core. But Christ
is meek and lowly. You can let the worst person
in town come into this place, sit down and hear the gospel,
and God have mercy on them. God can have mercy on them. He can do that. He's kind. He's
kind to sinners. The smoking flasks, He said He'll
not put it out. He'll help every sinner in need.
Read the Gospels. Is there any time, any place
in the Gospels where a sinner cried for mercy and He said no?
I mean, He turned them away and ran them off. He helped them every time. Helped
him every time. He will not destroy, as I said,
the least bit of interest in him. Not at all. And the work
that he shall do shall be done in righteousness and truth. In absolute righteousness. There
is no sin in any word, work that he spoke or performed. None. He never had a foolish thought,
never had a sinful thought. We can't comprehend that, can
we? I can't. All I've known is sinful thoughts.
I mean, they're just like bees buzzing around your head. You
come to a worship service, you try to listen, and you find yourself
drifting off, or you find yourself thinking about something completely
stupid. and hear God's words being preached, Christ is being
set forth, and your mind is on something just out there. He never had that. He worshipped the Father perfectly.
How often did our Lord go out and pray all night? Did you ever pray all night long? I would say that most of that
was in praise. I'd say that most of that all
night long was in praising His Father. You know, prayer is really
a conversation with God. Think about it. And we make it
so short. We make our praise so short.
Because we've got other things to do. other interests. But one day we'll have the scripture
says the mind of Christ. Can you imagine that? We'll praise
God as we ought to praise Him and we won't grow weary of doing
so. We won't do it. He shall not
fail. It says in verse 4, He shall
not fail. Don't be discouraged, that word
means broken, broken. Till He has set forth judgment,
till He has fully satisfied God's justice and saved all whom He
came to save. He's going to set forth judgment
in the earth and the Isles, that's you and I, that's the Gentiles.
We shall wait for him. We're going to wait for his law.
How many this morning are waiting for his word? You were waiting
for it. We came here. I came here. We were here waiting
for his word to be opened and preached. In Mexico, they wait
for his word. They wait for Cody down there
to open the word of God. And those other Mexican preachers,
they open the word of God and preach it to them. Places where
you'd have never thought the word of God would have ever gone.
It's there. It's there. It's there because
of Him. He shall not fail to establish righteousness for His
people. Did He do it or not? Did Jesus Christ establish a
righteousness by His own obedience that's enough? That satisfies
God and you and I are accepted in the Beloved. His righteousness
is enough. Is it enough? It's enough. I
don't need to do anything to add to it. I don't need to do
anything to please God so that He will accept me or receive
me. I hate to sit under that kind of ministry this morning.
Wouldn't you hate to be listening to that this morning? It's awful. It's awful because you can't
do it. You're telling people to do something
they can't do. He shall not fail to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself. Are your sins really gone? Now
I know you and I still struggle with sin. We still have a conviction
of sin and we should have. But you know what? My sins are
gone. At the end of the day, when I sit down, I should have
been able to sit down and rest in Christ because my sins are
gone. Now he either put them away or
he didn't. One or the other. They're either gone or I still
got them all. One or the other. He shall not fail to take the
sting out of death and victory away from the grave.
Are we not going to rise again? I'm not going to die. Now, I
may die like an animal as far as just dying goes. My body's
going to go back to the dust. You know, that's what Solomon
says. The same thing happens to all
of us. We die. But I'm coming back out of that ground. My,
I'm going to have a new body. Looks like this. I'm going to
look like John.