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The Lord's Chosen Servant - Part 3
Isaiah 42:4
01/10/2024
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he
has established justice in the earth; and the
coastlands wait for his law. (ESV)
When John the Baptizer consented to baptize Jesus, our Lord
began His task of redeeming the world from sin and death. The
promise made to Adam, the curse given to the serpent on the day
that Adam sinned, is fulfilled in Jesus. God told the serpent:
``And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.''2
From this first promise of a Savior, we know that He will
overcome Satan and restore all of creation. This salvation will
come at a great cost, not only on Good Friday, but for Jesus'
entire life. From the time of His birth, the devil and this
sinful world sought to put Him to death, to thwart Him in His
task of fulfilling God's Law perfectly on our behalf. Isaiah
wrote: ``He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has
established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his
law.''
Though hungry, homeless, and betrayed by His friends and
disciples, Jesus none the less held firm in His resolve to do His
Father's will. Where others would give up, Jesus alone took on
sin, death, and the power of the devil. When Jesus said from the
cross, ``It is finished,'' He had defeated those who would take
us away from God's love.
We praise and thank God, through Jesus Christ, that He did
not get discouraged, but that He died and rose again for all
people. May you find strength and comfort in Christ Jesus, who
bore all things patiently for your salvation. Amen.
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2. Genesis 3:15 (KJV)