Risen From the Dead
By Matthew Kalliman
I Corinthians 15:20-22; The Four Gospels; Acts 1:1-8
Oh, the women took the spices
and the ointments they had made
And they brought them to the sepulcher
where Jesus had been laid
They had come to anoint His body
but they quickly found instead
Jesus Christ was risen from the dead!
Now an angel came from heaven
and had rolled the stone away
So the women walked inside the tomb
and trembled with dismay
For they couldn’t find His body
and the shining angel said,
“Jesus Christ is risen from the dead, from the dead,
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!"
CHORUS
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
So all of us can follow where He’s led
For every human being a resurrection lies ahead
’Cause Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!
When Jesus first appeared
He spoke to Mary Magdalene
She ran to His disciples
and she told them what she’d seen
But they disbelieved her story
and they doubted what she’d said
That Jesus Christ was risen from the dead!
Ah, but John and Peter quickly rose
and ran unto the tomb
They paused before the entrance
they peered into the gloom
They found the linen wrapping
from His body and His head
But Jesus Christ was risen from the dead, from the dead--
Jesus Christ was risen from the dead!
CHORUS
Now, later that same day
two men were walking down the road
When a man they didn’t recognize
did join them as they strode
They walked along together
to a village up ahead
With Jesus, who was risen from the dead!
They told Him they were sad
because the Lord was crucified
Then He opened up their minds
to what the Scriptures prophesied
He shared with them a meal
He ate with them some bread
And showed them He was risen from the dead, from the dead--
Jesus Christ was risen from the dead!
CHORUS
Now, Thomas was a doubting man
who still would not believe
He could not be persuaded
he refused to be naive
Till the day he touched the nail wounds
and pierce marks that had bled
Of Jesus, who was risen from the dead
He was seen by His disciples
He was with them forty days
And by many proofs infallible
they knew that He was raised
Then He sent them forth to tell the world
and soon the news did spread
That Jesus Christ was risen from the dead, from the dead--
Jesus Christ was risen from the dead!
CHORUS
©℗ Copyright 1998 Matthew Kalliman