I serve a risen Savior

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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.
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Suzanne

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

One of my mother's favorite hymns. I sing it at least once a day! Also another favorite is Trust and Obey...


Michele

Kissimmee, FL, United States

He is the real hope!!!


Anonymous

Resurrection morning

He is not here. He is risen. He is alive

Worship Him in spirit and true. Jesus loves you.

My live is worth living because He lives.


Ruthann Purnell

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Thank God for Jesus.


Gina

United Kingdom

Indeed, Jesus is a living Saviour!!


Victoria E Mathews

Sarasota, FL, United States

Just beautiful!!!!!!


Paige

I am going through health problems right now that can't be diagnosed, and I always sing this song when I am feeling bad. I am thirteen. Plz pray for me as fellow Christans. God bless you! Ana may Jesus live in your heart!


Mimosa

Derby, United Kingdom

This song for me is such a 'pick me up'. I always feel at these times I am carried by Jehovah-Ahavah and that I am at the end of myself. (Good place to be though it may not seem like it at the time) Amen!


Rebecca

California, United States

I love this song! I feel the love of God! Thank you for playing and putting the words for us.


Sadonna

Centennial, Colorado, United States

This song was hittin my head so much so I said am gettin on youtube and am gonna sing it out loud.... I clicked on your piano with lyrics... oh am so happy I am still singin the song... what beautiful words so true so rich and so Blessed to know Jesus lives... thank you ....you play very well....

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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