CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MASTER
‘The Master is come.’
There are five different Greek words in the New Testament translated ‘Master’ in reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us think of these five characteristics of the Master.
I. The Overseer.—He the Overseer and we the underworkers. It is our restful privilege to be at His orders.
II. The Leader.—We have simply to be His followers. We are never called to go to any place where He has not been, or to do anything that He has not done before.
III. The Teacher.—The Teacher takes His ready, willing pupil up into sympathy with Himself.
IV. The Despot.—The rendering in 2 Timothy 2:21 being ‘a vessel … meet for the despot’s use.’ He is our Ruler, and this on our part means when His will is clear, absolute submission.
V. The Owner.—Our Master is our Owner; we are His slaves—at the Owner’s word of command and control.
Rev. Hubert Brooke.