Reverend Is His Name

The caller asked, "Is this Reverend Thomas?"  As a minister of the gospel of Christ, I am on occasion addressed as Reverend.  However, this should not be so.  "He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name."  Psalms 111:9.  The name of God is reverend.  No man should be identified with such a title.  All who have obeyed the gospel of Christ are the children of God.  We are all one in Christ Jesus.  The Bible identifies us as brethren.  To use a title for one violates the concept of unity.  A title lifts one above another.  A title makes one more important than another.  The blood of Jesus Christ has placed us on a plane of equality.  Jesus has forbidden us to use such titles of  hierarchy.  Matthew 23:6-12.  The followers of Jesus are servants.  As servants in the kingdom of God, we exalt God as "holy and reverend."