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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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Auburn, PA, United States
As I buckled my 5 year old granddaughter into her car seat she began to sing this hymn that we sang in church earlier that day. Gram and Gramps joined her and oh what joy filled our hearts as we sang together. We want to leave a living legacy of Jesus as forever friend and Savior in our grandchildren’s hearts.
Lagos, Nigeria
This song came to my heart so strongly on the 3rd day of July, 2018; when I came to the understanding, appreciation and acknowledgment of the provision of God that I received, not just by looking to that cross on which He died, but actually SEEING what Christ wrought for me there, then and even now.
I came to the full consciousness of my baptism into the death of Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME! I am merely Christ’s container, carrying Him everywhere He leads; until death is swallowed up in victory, and I, revealed exactly like my Lord, Who gave Himself for me and lives forever and ever. AMEN
Serrekunda, Gambia
I was in a despairing situation while all hope seemed to had lost. Everyone knew I was going through hell. I was in secondary form 2 then. A very good friend and a classmate of mine visited me to offer his sympathy and console me. He suggested to me to find help outside the realm of God and Godliness, such as going to seek help with a native doctor or a soothsayer. Instantly, this song rang in my heart and I sang it silently within me. I told my I will do no such thing that I will continue to trust my God to see me through. I had my peace thank, though I still the problem. But in His own good time the Lord helped me out. Praise the Lord.
Fredericksburg, TX, United States
Hi John. I just saw your comment after I was looking for the full lyrics to this song. I think I know the answer : I grew up on an Air Force Base in the 60’s and they had a little songbook that had old hymns in it. I still remember several of those songs, so we must have sung them often. This hymn was one that I know I learned there. :-) Laura
Wyckoff, New Jersey, United States
I heard this uplifting song at the burial service of a soldier at West Point 13 April. I was surprised that so many of those in attendance knew it well because there were many voices of his comrades raised in song.
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Thought of this song while riding home on the bus yesterday. Was beginning to feel a little burdened, then I got to "And though my heart grows weary, I never will despair;
I know that He is leading". Just the reminder I needed!!! How on time our God is!!!
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Thought of this hymn this morning while doing my devotions. Sure miss singing these time tested song in church. They are songs brought out in the souls night.
Laurel, MD, United States
Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, I woke up this morning with the chorus of this hymn in my head. When we stayed with my Grandmother in McCoole, MD, back in the 50's, we would attend the tiny non-denominational church on Sundays. They used the Cokesbury hymnal, which has many of the old hymns in it, and this is one we would sing for Easter. I have a copy of it here at home and when I couldn't lay hands on it immediately to look up the verses, my daughter suggested I look up this hymn on the internet. Amazing what memories flood back when a favorite old hymn comes to mind.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
The lyrics and music were written by Alfred H. Ackley, 1887-1960. The history of the song and writer can be found at The Dustin Log, by Pam Griffin.
Indianapolis, IN, United States
When my mother was eighty six and dying, some friends from her church visited her. My sister said that after a little while, she heard Mom singing this song and then the others joined in. In a few weeks she had died. It was a holy death in the full hope of the Resurrection. This thought gives me comfort and challenge as I now grow old in Christ.