There is only ONE who should be called reverend,
The One who inhabits eternity,
His name is Jesus, holy and pure,
And no one else should have this dignity.
But men and women today seek this title,
Elevating themselves above the rest,
Creating a distinction, church and laity,
Which should not be, but has become the test.
For all of God's people are in the same boat,
Saved by the work of Christ on the cross,
Justified and righteous, in Him they boast,
And all are ministers of His truth.
But Christ Himself has told us not to take,
Titles such as master or teacher on ourselves,
We are to serve one another, for His sake,
And not set ourselves up above.
We have been given the righteousness of Christ,
And we are not holy in and of ourselves,
It is His name that is holy and reverend,
And all of His people will worship and reverence.
So let us not desire preeminence amongst men,
But instead serve the Lord in humility,
Thanking Him for His care and leading us straight,
And let us honor our great Shepherd, REVEREND is His name.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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