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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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Nairobi, Kenya
This is a lovely hymn.
God bless you for the good work.
Neosho, Missouri, United States
This song takes me back to my childhood growing in a very small town and attending a Methodist Church that used the Cokesbury Worhip Hymnal. My father had a beautiful baritone voice and did many solos and led the singing at the church and at revivals in the area. This song in particular touches my heart so much that I can hardly hear it without tears of joy in my heart!!
Decatur, Georgia, United States
uplifting reassuring in these last days.
Accra, Ghana
Ohhhh how I love this song. We sing it at berean baptist church ghana west africa. Praise God from whom all blessing flow.
Bend, OR, United States
Love this song. I used to sing this as a kid at Sisters Church of Christ (Sisters, Oregon) and Pilot Butte Christian Church (Bend, OR).
I miss the old hymns. "Praise Music", i.e. the 2000s stuff, just is not the same. The hymns praised God and most of them taught Bible truths.
Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States
I love this hymn, growing up in a Baptist Church in the Caribbean, Guyana, me and Grandmother singing at the top of our lungs, lol still loves the feelings I get when I hear or sing this hymn.
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States
I learned this beautiful hymn in Pioneers Girls, North Shore Baptist Church, and it still speaks to me today of the love and grace of the risen Savior!
Texas, United States
Mickey and Paige, I come into agreement with you for healing. May God bless and keep you!
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Praying with you Mickey Gaines in Odessa, TX. Favorite hymn of my son and me.
Odessa, Texas, United States
I have recently been diognosed with stage 4 colon cancer, 18 mths to live, I found this on internet, sing it while I walk, testify, pray. Thank you for the words, now I can sing it like the angels do, pray for me, I will pray for you!