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I serve a risen Savior He's in the world today. I know that He is living, Whatever men may say. I see His hand of mercy; I hear His voice of cheer; And just the time I need Him He's always near. |
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart. |
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In all the world around me I see His loving care, And though my heart grows weary, I never will despair; I know that He is leading, Through all the stormy blast; The day of His appearing Will come at last. |
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Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, Lift up your voice and sing Eternal hallelujahs To Jesus Christ the King! The Hope of all who seek Him, The Help of all who find, None other is so loving, So good and kind. |
Throughout the centuries, all the living servants of God have had this resurrected Christ living in them. I can also testify that He lives in me, enabling me to do what I never could do in myself. Hallelujah, the Lord Jesus lives! How do we know He lives? As the hymn says, we know He lives because He lives in us (Hymns, #503). We may be persecuted and opposed, and we may suffer very much. But we have the resurrected Christ in us. The more we are opposed, the more alive and active we become. Nevertheless, our testimony is this: Not I, but the grace of God with us.
Many Bible readers do not have this understanding of the word witness; even our understanding is not this deep. In Galatians 2:20 Paul said, "I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." This is the meaning of being a witness. A witness is a person who has Christ living in him. The chorus of a hymn says, "He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! /...You ask me how I know He lives? / He lives within my heart" (Hymns, #503). His living in us proves that He has resurrected and that He is living.
This is a good hymn, and I appreciate it. The chorus says that we know Christ lives because He walks with us and talks with us. However, this is not as good as saying that we know Christ lives because He lives within our heart. In answer to the question, "How do you know Christ lives?" the chorus of this hymn answers, "He lives within my heart!" We know that the Lord lives not simply because He walks with us and talks with us, but because He lives in us.
How do you know Christ lives? You should answer this question by saying, "I know He lives because He lives in me." Likewise, if we are asked if we have seen the Lord Jesus, we should say, "Yes, I have seen the Lord, for He lives in me. Even while you are asking me this question, He lives in me. Because He lives in me, I see Him. Even now as I am speaking, I can see Him. While I am speaking to you, He is speaking to me. I am simply a transmitter speaking whatever He speaks to me."
The Lord's word, "Because I live, you shall live also," certainly was fully fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. When Peter stood up with the eleven, that was Christ in resurrection. Peter's speaking was also Christ in resurrection. If someone had asked Peter where Christ is, he might have said, "Christ is here. Don't you see me? If you see me, you see Christ because He lives in me."
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The title of this song is "He Lives"
Sun City, Az, United States
Jon - Trust him even IN this broken world. When He said in the garden, It didn't have to be this way. He was broken. Your ocd is temporary, (so sorry for your pain & confusion. BUT rest assure this old world is the closest thing to hell we will ever experience. He Is Risen and is our true hope.
Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
He truly is alive. As we reflect on the grave, remember he risen from the dead and is alive forever and ever more.
Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Our Lord God, Almighty King, who else like He Himself who raises us from the dead, being alive, preparing His way into all believers, our heads will be written by our Almighty King, our names will be NEW JERUSALEMer's, oh, I can't wait to believe! And His white throne of judgment His courtship, sitting on the other side, which "white horse", and around it, is the rainbow of His we all be beautiful as He is, we are as army becoming a bridal army of God, but as terrible as an banners. When Almighty King who is our God who has put us many millions, thousands of God's people. Living active Living Overcomers the overseers, to consulate, as one big happy family, NEW JERUSALEM, when the Lord Almighty King God, we are in God, and living God in us, as man in God, and man in God, abiding, then in the final days are ending, we'll be God's unique goal, His prize, as we run the race for His Bride, together, in one eternal life and far reaching endless love, the more we are all rejoicing standing in grace, His revelation will be with us, as corporate intentity, HALLELUJAH AMEN
San Juan, Philippines
A living God and a living church live, move, and work together. ~ (msg 8, point III. B. 3. , 2023 October ITERO)
Having such a (vakid) assurance is essential for Christians to live for God. It is „never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna run around and desert you“.
I wish I could say with a full assurance:
„I know that he is leading“
I have really bad ocd and I am so so confused and unsure about things.
I must hope in God
Davao City, Davao Del Sur, Philippines
"i see His hand of mercy
"I hear His voice of cheer
"and at the time I need Him
"He's always near"
i know that He is leading through
all the stormy blast
the day of His appearing will come at last...
Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia
This song stuck with me for life, since our 'Saturday Bible Class' time in the 1980s. It reminds of the Johnstons, an American missionary family that conducted the spiritual class for kids, every Saturday afternoon in our Harmonfield-Duport Community, Paynesville, Liberia. I just can't believe I remember every word of the song, as I am in my 50s now. Amazing! Those were good old days with the Lord.
Kitale, Rift Valley, Kenya
This song reminds me of the strength God imparts on me even when I am weak Spiritually. He never leaves me alone.
Newark, NJ, United States
I’m eternally grateful for this website it is the place I come to when I need peace of mind, as I prepare for my sermon, it is so great to have a place with a plethora of spiritual hymns that seem to be antiquated, and yet relevant. I believe if the churches would get back to the sacred hymns the entire church will have true repentance, revival, and reconciliation.