Isaiah 42:6,7 - I have called you in righteousness

42:6

The Lord has called us "in righteousness". Jesus brings righteousness, He acts righteously, and He is righteous. A key element of the gospel is that it is righteous, it does not ignore sin. Look at any heresy, particularly the liberal heresies, but not limited to them, and sin will be either overlooked or downgraded. Jesus did not act alone. The Father took hold of His hand, He was filled with the Spirit and led by the Spirit. See Jesus' repeated references to the Father in what He said in the gospels. And He was made a covenant. The old covenant was the Law, but the knew covenant was Jesus Himself. He referred to His body and His blood. The sacrifice on the cross justified us, and we live by and through Him. We also see here the global reach, He is a light for the Gentiles. Now all this was, of course, fulfilled fully in Christ, but it also teaches us about our mission, about God's working through us. We are called in righteousness, and God takes us by the hand. And we will reach people we should not be able to reach.

42:7

Jesus quoted these words in response to John's disciples coming to ask if He really was the Messiah. He opens the eyes of the blind, He enables people to see what they previously could not see. So often the church wants to go along with the ways of the world, but Jesus is about enabling people to see things God's way, not the world's way. People are held captive by sin, but Jesus sets the captive free. He releases people from the dark dungeons in which they are entrapped.