WE SHALL LIVE ALSO

February 15, 2001

Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead,
How could man get the thought in his head
That God in his Goodness would not raise us too,
And be so loveless as not to raise you?

If Christ was not raised our preaching is vain,
Our faith is not faith, but faith that we feign;
And we have dared to misrepresent God
As we lead others on the false path we trod.

If Christ is not raised, believers have perished
In spite of belief which they truly cherished;
And those who have died have fallen asleep
In a promise of Christ which his Father can't keep.

But, in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead;
We can believe all the Apostle has said,
For the Spirit affirms that Christ is alive;
By this affirmation our faith we derive.

It is not by works, or by human merit,
But by that soft voice of God's Holy Spirit
That we are assured of that empty grave
Reserved for ourselves by Him who can save.

So believe, my friend; open wide your heart;
Entertain no thought that God will depart
From that promise He made through His only Son,
To raise us from death when this life is done.