The Servant is not above his Master.

As he pressed the demands of discipleship, Jesus saw his own crowds dwindle.  “From that time many of his disciples went back and walked with him no more.  Then Jesus said to the twelve, ‘do you also want to go away?’ ” (John 6:66–67).  We shouldn’t be too surprised, therefore, to find that biblical preaching doesn’t always attract multitudes.  Warren Wiersbe wrote, “we dare not measure the quality of our sermons by the quantity of the statistics.  If we do, we might become either too elated or too depressed, and both pride and discouragement are sins.  One day our lord gave a sermon on the