Did Jesus Fail?

Looking over the Sunday morning bulletin, I noticed that the title of the sermon was "Holy Failure." This should be interesting.  I wonder who failed?  Romans 3:23 says we all fail and fall short.  However, the sermon was not just about us failing.  It was about Jesus failing.  

The sermon text was Mark 6:1 - 13.  In this passage, Jesus returns to Nazareth, but a prophet in his home town is never accepted.  Jesus wonders at their disbelief.  Therefore, He commissions His disciples to go out and perform miracles.  

The pastor said, "Failing at one thing does not make us a failure."  While this is a good point, I still struggled with the idea that Jesus failed.  When I asked about this concept, I was told that in the world's view, Jesus failed because the people of Nazareth didn't accept Him.  Did Jesus fail? or did the people of Nazareth fail? 

1 Corinthians 1:9 says, "God never fails." 

Joshua 21:45 - All of God's promises came true. 

Luke 1:37 - Nothing is impossible with God. 

Romans 9:6 - The Word of God has not failed.  

1 John 4:8 - God is love. 

1 Corinthians 13:8 - Love never fails.  

Perhaps the pastor was trying to make Jesus more relevant.  I'm still trying to figure that part out.  However, I can't change the Gospel of Christ to be something that it just isn't.  Jesus did not fail.  Do people struggle with that?  Jesus was perfect.  1 Peter 2:22 says that Jesus never sinned.  This is Truth.  I suppose that a failure doesn't always add up to sin, but we are talking about the Son of the Living God.  As fallen creation, we sin and we fail.  God does not.  His Son does not.  

It is dangerous to change the Gospel and the character of Christ to make Him relevant to the world.