Without Measure, God’s Spirit--Dec. 25, 2019

Let the heavens be glad, let the earth rejoice,

for the One whom you have sent, O God,

has spoken your words to the nations.

They shall not learn war any more,

for they shall beat their swords into

plowshares, spears into pruning hooks.

And we abide in the one you sent, and he in us,

because without measure he has given us his Spirit.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 2; 147:1-11; 98; 96

Micah 4:1-5, 5:2-4

1 John 4:7-16

John 3:31-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 96:11-12a

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
          let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
          let the field exult, and everything in it.

Micah 4:3b,c

…they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

          and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

          neither shall they learn war any more…

1 John 4:13

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

John 3:34

He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.