Of course, the fact that Jesus doesn’t call us his servants doesn’t mean we don’t have to do what he says! It only means that our relational context for doing what he says has changed. He is not distant from us, some kind of divine CEO dispatching orders from on high via emailed memo. He is certainly our king and worthy of our total allegiance and submission, but he is also our older brother and our friend. This relationship, born of the gospel, helps us see that his commands come from a place of love and are positioned for our good.
