Praise God in Jesus Christ

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because He has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord."

And again it says:

"Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with His people."

And again:

"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples praise him."

And again Isaiah says:

"The Root of Jesse shall come,
raised up to rule the Gentiles;
and in Him shall the Gentiles hope."

Who, though He was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped at.
But rather, He emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in likeness to a Man;
and found in appearance as a Man,
He humbled himself,
becoming obedient unto death, even unto the death of the Cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every other name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and that everyone will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.

Therefore does He say:

"He ascended on high and took prisoners captive;
and he gave gifts unto men."

Awake, one asleep,
and arise from the dead,
and the Christ will give you light.

And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming forth
from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

In the midst of the place thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree
of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month and
the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.

But the wise shall shine like the splendour of the firmament and those who
lead the many to righteousness shall be like the stars in the firmament of
heaven unto the ages of ages.

Amen. Come Lord Jesus, the grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
be with all the saints. Amen