When was because he lives written

In early summer, their baby was born… and when they brought their child home, they wrote this hymn of joy… remembering that blade of grass that prospered even in a hostile environment. More importantly, they remembered that their baby could indeed face uncertain days because Christ lives. The first verse of this hymn is a presentation of the gospel of Christ, reminding us of His death, burial, and resurrection. In the second verse, we see the life of a new baby and sense the assurance that Christ alone can give.

The third verse serves as a reminder that even death is ultimately powerless because He lives. Read this hymn, and — today — find the certainty you need for today in Jesus. He lived and died to buy my pardon, an empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives. Chorus Because He lives I can face tomorrow. Because He lives all fear is gone.

Because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives. How sweet to hold a newborn baby, and feel the pride and joy he gives.

But greater still the calm assurance: this child can face uncertain day because He lives. Leave a comment. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. Stanza two is about hope, even in uncertain days, because of the singular significance of the Resurrection event.

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We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices here. Subscribe Store About Contact Us. As the most important figures in the development of Southern gospel music, the Gaithers have, of course, written numerous songs which have been performed by the majority of Southern gospel big hitters, country acts like the Statler Brothers and Johnny Cash and pop icons like Elvis Presley.

But of the plus songs that Bill music and Gloria lyrics have written, it is "Because He Lives" which has probably impacted the most churches around the world. Gloria has written about the circumstances which led up to the writing of this timeless worship classic. It was in the middle of the upheaval in the '60s that we were expecting our third baby. The drug culture was in full swing, existential thought had obviously saturated every area of our American thought, the cities were seething with racial tension, and the God-is-dead pronouncement had giggled its way all through our educational system.

Bill had been discouraged and physically exhausted by a bout with mononucleosis, and in that weakened condition had little reserve to fight the psychological battle brought on by some external family problems.

Someone whom we had cared about a great deal had hurled some accusations at us and at the Fellowship of Believers and at the whole idea of the existence of God. Who in their right mind would bring a child into a world like this? I thought. The world is so evil. Influences beyond our control are so strong.