I Have Seen the Lord (AOV 1/98)

More music from Bob Hurd, based on no fewer than six bible passages pulled from John, Job, 2 Timothy and 2 Corinthians. It can be purchased for download at OCP.

It is quiet reflective Easter music but suitable for other uses. You can hear a snippet or purchase the MP3 here. We have used this song but I think it needs to be done with humility and reverence – if you get too enthusiastic with a chorus like this you sound self aggrandising.

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I have seen the Lord, I have heard his voice,

And I know he lives, and I know he lives.

Death where is your sting? Fear, where is your grip?

Hearts now free to love; lives now free to give.

Verse 1

Those who speak the truth may be bound in chains,

But there is no chaining the Word of God.

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Verse 2

If we die in Christ, we shall rise with him:

If we share his passion, we shall reign with him.

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Verse 3

No greater love can there be than this:

To spend one’s life to give life.

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Verse 4

In our fragile flesh, the dying of the Lord;

In our faithful living, his life revealed.

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© Bob Hurd 1988,1990.