The Lord Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers. I want you to notice the scripture didn't say, "He is not ashamed to call them servants." The one who comes to Christ in the New Testament, doesn't come to be a servant, he comes to be a child of God. In the Old Testament they were servants of God. In the New Testament we are His children. There is a great difference in the relationship we have with Jehovah today. It's not the same kind of relationship Moses had with Him. Jesus said, "Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist... " (Matthew 11:11). This is because John the Baptist was the forerunner of the coming King. But then He said, "…notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." What did He mean? In this kingdom, we are all joint heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17); we share His Name and we are seated together with Him in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6). We are born of God (1 John 5:4); born of the same Spirit and joined to the Lord in one Spirit. Very close to the time when Jesus was to be crucified, He spoke to His disciples and called them friends. "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of myFather I have made known unto you." (John 15:15). This was better than being servants. But something even better happened immediately after His resurrection; He called them brethren, "Jesus saith unto her…go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." (John 20:17). Hallelujah! Jesus knew that by His burial, resurrection, and ascension, a way had been opened for all men to experience the Fatherhood of God, and be with Him. We are in Him now; no longer servants but children; born of Him and loved by Him.