Yes, The Lord Is Great!

'Yes, The Lord Is Great.'
Psalm 99:1-5.
a) 99:1. He Reigns.
b) 99:1. He can cause Nations to tremble.
c) 99:1. He sits enthroned between the Cherubim.
d) 99:1. He causes earthquakes.
e) 99:2. He is Great in Zion.
f) 99:2. He is Exalted above all peoples.
g) 99:3. Let all the peoples Praise His Great and Awesome Name.
h) 99:3 & 5. He is Holy.
i) 99:4. He is Mighty King.
j) 99:4. He loves Justice.
k) 99:4. He has established Equity.
l) 99:4. He does what is Just and Right.
m) 99:5. We should Exalt Him and Worship at His Footstool.
(This QT causes me to proclaim Yes, The Lord Is Great)
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'Christ's Disciples Publicly Acknowledged.'
John 13:35.
a) By this. There is one specific way in which Christ's Disciples will be acknowledged by non believers. This is the only powerful way that the community can be influenced by God's Family, the Church.
b) All people. This is universal, it speaks to rich and poor, male and female, young and old. It speaks to people of all people groups and ethnicities. It speaks to adherents of every religion.
c) Will know. They will be convinced and have an assurance, a realization, an understanding. They will perceive and apprehend clearly and certainly. They will distinguish and discern. They will recognize.
d) That we are Christ's Disciples. Surely proper Christian Discipleship is the Will of God for every Church. I am not writing about a Discipleship Course, but a Discipleship Lifestyle. (This is the only lifestyle for True Believers)
e) If we love one another. This is the simple key evidence of True Believers, we love one another. This is Christ's Standard for His Disciples and therefore His Church and Family. Any group of "christians" or "church" that rejects, or compromises with, this simple Truth, is really not of God.
(This Second one shows me Christ's Disciples Publicly Acknowledged)
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Chris.
God's Family. A family is not something natural. It is created and composed, a creative miracle initiated from the Will of God. There are family characteristics, the marks of the individual family, each one having its own special identity. There is family group, all the individual members that make up the one family. There is family health, as one member suffers, all the members suffer with it and as one member is honored, all members rejoice with it. There is family history, most families are interested in their "family tree". There is family leave - special time given by the working place in many European Nations when a family member is sick, compassionate leave is given so that the sick member may be looked after. A family is a living organism not an organization, this is understood by many Asian and Middle Eastern Nations. Many Western Nations have lost the meaning of family - independence rules, therefore selfishness rules and there is a breakdown of family life. This sorely and deeply affects the Western Church and its Vision and Mission. A large organization is not necessarily a "success" in God's eyes. A community is an association of living organisms, having mutual relationships among themselves and to their environment, thus functioning as a unit. The natural extension of a community is communism. Communism is a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls everyone and everything. Their professed aim is to establish a classless society. True Believers need to learn to live as a family, not as a community. A family that reaches out to the World's communities with the Gospel so that the people in the World can, through Jesus Christ, become members of the Family of God.