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The Lord is ris’n; and death’s dark judgment flood
Is passed, in Him who bought us with His blood.
The Lord is ris’n: we stand beyond the doom
Of all our sin, through Jesus’ empty tomb.
Is passed, in Him who bought us with His blood.
The Lord is ris’n: we stand beyond the doom
Of all our sin, through Jesus’ empty tomb.
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The Lord is ris’n: with Him we also rose,
And in His grave see vanquished all our foes.
The Lord is ris’n: beyond the judgment land,
In Him, in resurrection-life we stand.
And in His grave see vanquished all our foes.
The Lord is ris’n: beyond the judgment land,
In Him, in resurrection-life we stand.
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The Lord is ris’n: and now redeemed to God,
We tread the desert which His feet have trod.
The Lord is ris’n: the sanctu’ry’s our place,
Where now we dwell before the Father’s face.
We tread the desert which His feet have trod.
The Lord is ris’n: the sanctu’ry’s our place,
Where now we dwell before the Father’s face.
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The Lord is ris’n: the Lord is gone before.
We long to see Him, and to sin no more.
The Lord is ris’n: our triumph-shout shall be,
“Thou hast prevailed! Thy people, Lord, are free!”
We long to see Him, and to sin no more.
The Lord is ris’n: our triumph-shout shall be,
“Thou hast prevailed! Thy people, Lord, are free!”
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CHRIST AS LIFE AND THE BODY AS
HIS INCREASE AND EXPRESSION
In John 10:10b the Lord stated the reason He had come into this world. He declared, “I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. ” The life that the Son of Man came to give us is God Himself in Christ. Christ, the Son of God, is the Life-giver (5:21 ; 17:2). He gives us life, and He Himself is the life (14:6). There is no verse in the Bible that contains the expression the life of Christ, but there is a verse that tells us that Christ is our life (Col. 3:4). Whoever receives Christ receives life (John 1:12-13; 3:16), and whoever has Christ has life (1 John 5:11-12). Life is not something given by Christ that is other than Christ Himself; life is Christ Himself. This means that the life we received when we believed into Christ is a person.
This divine and human person who is our life also declared that He was a grain of wheat (John 12:24). As a grain of wheat He fell into the ground and died. Then in His resurrection He produced many grains. Every grain that He produced is the same as the original grain and is a reproduction of the original grain. Today the Lord Jesus as the original grain is in the many grains (14:20). All the many grains added together are the increase of the original grain. This is why in the Gospel of John there is no record of the Lord’s ascension. The Gospel of John records that after the Lord resurrected, He appeared to His disciples and breathed Himself into them (20:22). After this, wherever the disciples went, the Lord was there with them.
In John 15 Christ declared that He is the vine and we are the branches (v. 5). All the branches, which are the constituents of the Body of Christ, are the increase of the vine. How is it possible that we could be the branches, the increase, the Body, of Christ? This is possible because Christ died and resurrected. In Christ’s resurrection we were all regenerated (1 Pet. 1:3), and through Christ’s resurrection we became His increase (John 3:29-30). Before He died and resurrected, the Lord told His disciples that when He went away, the Spirit of reality would come and enter into them (14:16-17). Then He told them that He would live again and that because He would live, they also would live (v. 19). In 14:20 He went on to say that following His resurrection there would be three in s: “In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. ” The Lord is in the Father, we are in Him, and He is in us. The words that day in this verse refer to the day of resurrection. When the Lord was on the earth for thirty-three and a half years, He could be only among the disciples; He could not be in them. However, now that the Lord has resurrected, He can be in us. By being in us, the Lord makes us His increase.
Highlights from the Gospel of John
Chapter 2 CWWL, 1963, vol. 1 (LSM)
Does anyone know the original source of Mackay's testimony about finding his lost Bible? All we can find online is second hand accounts.
Detroit, MI, United States
William Paton Mackay originally worked in Scotland as a medical doctor. He resigned that position to become an ordained Presbyterian minister of the Gospel. Mackay was a staunch believer that the Word of God means what it says. This quote from one of his publications is an example of his straightforward, no nonsense Gospel message of grace and commitment: "Creed, or the belief in a certain amount of doctrine, has made Christendom, but never made a Christian. Ye must be born again."
Some of Mackay's writings are still in print today: Abundant Grace: Selected Address (1885) and The Seeking Saviour and Other Bible Themes (1904). He is remembered best for one of his hymns, Revive Us Again. - sharefaith
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The 1st line of this hymn in the original, which is the song's title, is:
The Lord is risen: the Red Sea's judgment flood
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The Brethren hymnal uses the tune of #950, "And is it so", to sing this song. Both tunes work well, but each gives a different feeling.
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Here is MacKay's testimony of his conversion:
My dear mother had been a Godly, holy woman, quite often telling me of the Savior, and many times I saw her on bended knee in prayer for my soul’s salvation. But nothing had made a deep impression on me. The older I grew, the more wicked I became…
One day a seriously injured man was brought into the hospital. His case seemed hopeless, he seemed to realize his condition for he was fully conscious and asked me how much time he had left to live. I gave him my opinion in as cautious a manner as I could.
“Have you any relatives whom we could notify?” I asked.
The patient shook his head. He had only one wish, it was to see his landlady because he owed her a small sum of money and also wished to bid her farewell. He also requested that his landlady send him “The Book…”
I went to see him on my regular visits at least once a day. What struck me most was the quiet, almost happy expression constantly on his face…After the man died, some things about his affairs were to be done in my presence.
“What shall we do with this?” the nurse asked holding a book in her hand.
“What kind of book is it?” I asked.
“The Bible of the poor man…As long as he was able to read it, he did so, and when he was unable to do so anymore, he kept it under his bed cover.”
I took the Bible and-could I trust my eyes? It was my own Bible! The Bible which my mother had given me when I left my parent’s home, and which later, when short of money, I sold for a small amount. My name was still in it, written in my mother’s hand…
With a deep sense of shame I looked upon the precious Book. It had given comfort and refreshing to the unfortunate man in his last hours. It had been a guide to him into eternal life, so that he had been enabled to die in peace and happiness. And this book, the last gift to me from my mother, I had actually sold for a ridiculous price…
Be it sufficient to say that the regained possession of my Bible was the cause of my conversion. - maranatha777