That word "Master" seems to lose the idea of masterfulness when it is applied to him. He is most graciously and wondrously our Lord; but yet we call him no more "Baali," that is, "my Lord," but we call him "Ishi," that is, "my Man," "my Husband." There is truly a service to which we are called; yet his message to his disciples was, "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." We never can forget that, with all his love, he is our Lord; it is our joy to remember that; yet what loving service we have received at his hands! He has been so much our servant that we have sometimes had to ask ourselves, "Which is the servant?" He is Servus servorum--the Servant of servant--as he proved when he washed his disciples' feet. He has done more than that for us; for he stooped so low as to be despised of men and rejected of the people in order that he might save us.
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