To Know God--Jan. 11, 2021

Without you, O God, we walk around in darkness;

without you, all our foundations are shaken.

How can we compare you to anything?

 

But you have given us Jesus; 

he is your son, the Beloved; 

you are well pleased with him.

 

From Jesus we receive the Spirit;

in Jesus we have come to know you— 

through him, forgiveness and redemption. 

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Isa. 40:12-24

Eph. 1:1-14

Mark 1:1-13

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 82:5

…[The gods in the divine council] have neither knowledge nor understanding,
          they walk around in darkness;
          all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

 

Isa. 40:18

To whom then will you liken God,
          or what likeness compare with him?

 

Eph. 1:7

In [Christ] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace… 

 

Mark 1:10-11

And just as [Jesus] was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.  And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”