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The Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 50:1-ff, makes a statement about Jesus that His face was “set like a flint.”
This is a figurative way of stating the quality of being unshakeable.  Isa. 50:7 states, “For the LORD God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.”  This statement characterizes the future Messiah of Israel.  Jesus was undaunted by the circumstances that He encountered because He knew God was with Him and He was executing the purposes of God in His ministry.  Jesus demonstrates how to be stedfast, unshakeable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord (I Cor. 15:58).
The First Quality Jesus Possessed Was Oneness With God
Jesus was one with God.  “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30).  Jesus was one in nature with the Father and He was one in purpose with the Father.  This meant that He was never alone.  Jesus possessed all of the perfections of deity (Col. 2:9).  He was spiritually one with the Father.  It was the Father’s will that He die on the cross to provide the means of atonement and reconciliation between God and His creature man.  Jesus came to this earth to do the will of the Father with regard to man’s redemption (John 10:17-18).  Nothing would deter Him from obtaining this work.  We, too, can be unshakeable, if we are spiritually united with Christ as a result of our obedience to the gospel.  When we are baptized into Christ, we are united with Him and become spiritually one with Him (Gal. 3:26-29).  This means that we are never alone.  “If God be for us who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31).
The Second Quality Jesus Possessed Was Trust in God
Jesus trusted God (I Pet. 2:23).  “Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.” Jesus was fearless in the face of suffering, persecution, and injustice.  He was mistreated, spat upon, mocked, and ridiculed, yet He remained unshakeable.  His trust was in Him who in invincible.  We, too, can be unshakeable if we put our trust in God. There is not power greater than God!  We go forward in His strength and the power of His might.  Consider the apostle Paul.  Paul faced affliction and bonds in the city of Jerusalem as revealed to others and to him by the Holy Spirit (Acts 20:23-24).  Paul states, “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.”  Paul was unshakeable!  Great faith produces a stedfast heart.
The Third Quality Jesus Possessed Was Love
Jesus loved the Father.  “But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.  Arise, let us go hence” (John 14:31).  Jesus’ obedience to the Father’s will was a demonstration of His love for the Father.  Obedience flows from an inner heart of great love and is not merely isolated acts of compliance to God’s will.  The Father loved Jesus.  “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.  I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.  This commandment have I received of my Father” (John 10:17-18).  The Father’s love for His Son was expressed from heaven on two occasions:  the baptism of Jesus (Matt. 3:17) and the transfiguration of Jesus (Matt. 17:5) where the word “beloved” is used.  Love is a most powerful bond that provides strength in the face of all adversity.  We, too, can benefit from the power of love.  Jesus said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15, 23).  The blessing of obedience wrought by love is that God and Christ will abide with us.  This fellowship with deity sustains and empowers for Christian living in the face of all trials.
The Fourth Quality Jesus Possessed Was Spiritual Maturity
Jesus manifests the following qualities:  love, faith, meekness, self-control, selflessness, forgiveness, honesty, justice, courage, and wisdom.  He was spiritually mature in character and so spiritually resilient in facing trials and temptations.  Every Christian must strive for mastery of self.  Paul wrote, “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:  lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” (I Cor. 9:27).  Spiritual discernment is dependent upon spiritual maturity.  “But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil” (Heb. 5:14).  Spiritual purity is  tied to spiritual maturity.  “That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor” (I Thess. 4:4).  We can be unmovable in the face of temptations to sin against God.
With a face “set like a flint” we can live determined, fearless, mature, confident, loving lives anchored in God.  The thoughts from a hymn help affirm what has been demonstrated by Jesus.  The hymn is, “I Shall Not Be Moved.”
Jesus is my savior, I shall not be moved.
In His love and favor, I shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters
Lord, I shall not be moved.
In my Christ abiding, I shall not be moved.
In His love I’m hiding, I shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters
Lord, I shall not be moved.
If I trust Him ever, I shall not be moved.
He will fail me never, I shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters
Lord, I shall not be moved.
On His word I’m feeding, I shall not be moved.
He’s the One’s that leading, I shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that’s planted by the waters
Lord, I shall not be moved!