The Magnitude of the Master
John 13:13-15 (King James Version)
13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Matthew 23:8-12 (King James Version)
8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
I. The Magnitude of His Person. Isaiah 45:22-23 (King James Version)
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
John 10:30 (King James Version) 30I and my Father are one.
John 14:9 (King James Version) 9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
John 14:10 (King James Version) 10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
II. The Magnitude of His name.
Philippians 2:9-11 (King James Version)
9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1. Demons tremble at the mention of His name.
2. The wicked hide at the mention of His name.
3. The saints rejoice at the mention of His name.
III. The Magnitude of His voice.
Psalm 29:4 (King James Version)
4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
1. With His voice He calms the sea.
2. With His voice He controls the winds.
3. With His voice He creates worlds.
4. With His voice He caresses little children.
5. With His voice He commands demons.
IV. The Magnitude of His power.
Isaiah 40:25-29 (King James Version)
25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
1. All power is given to Him in Heaven and in Earth. Matt. 28:18
2. He hath power on earth to forgive sins. Matt 9:6
3. He hath power to create and to re-create. Col 1:16-17 II Cor. 5:17
V. The Magnitude of His love.
1 John 4:7-10 (King James Version)
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1. His love is demonstrated by His life. Luke 19:10
2. His love is perceived by His death. 1 John 3:16
3. His love is manifested by His concern for sinners. R0m 5:7-8
VI. The Magnitude of His Grace.
Titus 2:11 (King James Version)
11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
1. Through simple Faith in Christ all men can be saved. Eph 2:8-9
2. When sin abounds Grace so much more abounds. Rom 5:20
VII. The Magnitude of His Knowledge.
Isaiah 42:8-9 (King James Version)
8I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
1. The secret things belong to the Lord. Deut 29:29
2. He calls things that be not, as though the were. Rom 4:17
3. He declares the End from the Beginning. Isa 46:10, Acts 15:18
