Master

100:7.17Je­sus was great be­cause he was good, and yet he frat­er­nized with the lit­tle chil­dren. He was gen­tle and unas­sum­ing in his per­sonal life, and yet he was the per­fected man of a uni­verse. His as­so­ciates called him Mas­ter un­bid­den.

141:3.5Je­sus of Naz­a­reth was in­deed a strong and force­ful per­son­al­ity; he was an in­tel­lec­tual power and a spir­i­tual stronghold. His per­son­al­ity not only ap­pealed to the spir­i­tu­ally minded women among his fol­low­ers, but also to the ed­u­cated and in­tel­lec­tual Nicode­mus and to the hardy Ro­man sol­dier, the cap­tain sta­tioned on guard at the cross, who, when he had fin­ished watch­ing the Mas­ter die, said, “Truly, this was a Son of God.” And red-blooded, rugged Galilean fish­er­men called him Mas­ter.

149:2.12Je­sus re­ceived the obe­di­ence of his fol­low­ers with­out ex­act­ing it. Only three men who re­ceived his per­sonal call re­fused to ac­cept the in­vi­ta­tion to dis­ci­ple­ship. He ex­er­cised a pe­cu­liar draw­ing power over men, but he was not dic­ta­to­rial. He com­manded con­fi­dence, and no man ever re­sented his giv­ing a com­mand. He as­sumed ab­so­lute au­thor­ity over his dis­ci­ples, but no one ever ob­jected. He per­mit­ted his fol­low­ers to call him Mas­ter.

129:1.11Once a week Je­sus held a meet­ing with the en­tire house­hold, shop, and shore helpers, for Zeb­e­dee had many em­ploy­ees. And it was among these work­ers that Je­sus was first called “the Mas­ter.” They all loved him. He en­joyed his labors with Zeb­e­dee in Ca­per­naum, but he missed the chil­dren play­ing out by the side of the Naz­a­reth car­pen­ter shop.