Joy to the World | Part Four: He Rules the World with Truth and Grace
December 22, 2019
Psalm 98 (CEB)
One: Sing to the Lord a new song
because he has done wonderful things!
All: His own strong hand and his own holy arm
have won the victory!
One: The Lord has made his salvation widely known;
he has revealed his righteousness
in the eyes of all the nations.
All: God has remembered his loyal love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
every corner of the earth has seen our God’s salvation.
One: Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth!
Be happy! Rejoice out loud! Sing your praises!
All: Sing your praises to the Lord with the lyre—
with the lyre and the sound of music.
One: With trumpets and a horn blast,
shout triumphantly before the Lord, the king!
All: Let the sea and everything in it roar;
the world and all its inhabitants too.
One: Let all the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains rejoice out loud altogether before the Lord
because he is coming to establish justice on the earth!
All: He will establish justice in the world rightly;
he will establish justice among all people fairly.
John 1:14-18 (CEB)
The Word became flesh
and made his home among us.
We have seen his glory,
glory like that of a father’s only son,
full of grace and truth.
15 John testified about him, crying out, “This is the one of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than me because he existed before me.’”
16 From his fullness we have all received grace upon grace;
17 as the Law was given through Moses,
so grace and truth came into being through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God.
God the only Son,
who is at the Father’s side,
has made God known.
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