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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Renae

Corvallis, United States

Hi, I love this song.... BUT.... What does "He lives within my heart" mean? To me this song seems unfortunately to be not talking about true life, which frustrates me. I sing the whole song minus that phrase...... Anyone console me?


Denyse

San Fernando, Trinidad And Tobago

I love this song, when I listen to the words I am always encourage to hold on to God and trust in Him. God is so Good to me.


Isaiah

York, PA, United States

Beautiful song!


Bukola Fagbemi

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Great uplifting hymn of assurance of eternal end of all children of God.


Jennifer S

Arverne, New York, United States

My Favorite song. I sing it every day. Thank You Lord Jesus for dying to save a wretch like me. Bless Your Holy Name Forever. Amen.


Edith Ann

Franklin, NC, United States

Just listened to "He Lives" in Midi and absolutely so beautiful, just felt like all the worries and turmoil I was going through just left my body. Is this played in key of B flat?


Judy

Mooroolbark, Victoria, Australia

"Jesus loves me, this I know, because the Bible tells me so"...and because He has caused my heart to know Him. What amazing grace!


Barbara

Kansas City, United States

Dear brothers and sisters, this song was also in my heart and I heard again after a long time of not and it refreshed me. It is so basic just like the gospel, it never gets out of date or unfashionable if that is even applicable to the good news. Let's search our hearts and make ourselves ready for revival. It is inside us and is going to be activated by the Spirit of God. I don't want to play church; I/We are the church. Your Glory come now, Lord God, forever we will reign with You.


Carleen Massey

Clarksville, TN, United States

I woke up with this song on my heart this morning. He lives!


Sherry Power

Roseville, Michigan, United States

I've been sing this song for a week!!! I woke up this morning...this beautiful morning, with my husband bringing me the laptop and He Live was playing. Tears rolling down my face, I got out of bed and I'm still listening to this glorious hymn! PRAISE THE LORD!!

HE LIVES!!!!

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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