I LIVE BECAUSE HE LIVES

They came to mock; to stand and stare

To hurl abuse at Jesus there

Gathered around the cross lifted high

And on its frame watch Jesus die

They did not care upon that hill

Innocent blood upon the ground would spill

And only jeered with greater cries

Rejoice now we for Jesus dies

They laughed at Him with crown of thorn

Come down; come down they mocked with scorn

A sword spilled blood from His precious side

And day was as night as Jesus died

They understood not why He died that day

It was to redeem and wash sins away

Thought when they laid Him in grave’s cold bed

It was His end because Jesus was dead

But three days later and hope reborn

When grave lay empty on resurrection morn

What a blessed message to the world it gives

There is salvation for all because Jesus lives

How they mocked when they watched Him die

But now He lives and reigns on high

And when on the cross He hung and bled

It was for me because in sin I was dead

No hope I saw beyond the grave

Until I called on Him my soul to save

And He gave me life and the reason why

He said; who believes in me shall never die

And what befalls me in joy or sorrow

There is grace for today and forget tomorrow

For I am His and He forgives

And now I live because He lives

Colin Moffett