Scriptures Investigators

Why do those who take Matthew 23:9 literally not emphasize 23:8 and 23:10 similarly?

This could be seen as a follow-up question for "Is there any Christian group that takes Matthew 23:8-10 literally?".

There are some groups (usually evangelical) who emphasize Matthew 23:9, especially as an attack against the Roman Catholic church and other churches where clergy is sometimes called "father", but I have never seen anyone forbid calling anyone "master", "mister", "teacher" or "doctor" (which originally meant "teacher").

How is this inconsistency explained by those who take this position?

In a believer’s life, we should not be receiving anything freely from the world, and therefore shouldn’t be indebted to the world. Yahuwah wants us to work to be able to feed ourselves with His provision. We must rely on Yahuwah, not the world.

Yahushua was not just our Redeemer. He was also our example of how to live. Shabbath Shalom