Lyrics: The Word is Alive by Casting Crowns
Looking out from His throne,
The Father of light and of men
Chose to make Himself known
And show us the way back to Him.
Speaking wisdom and truth
Into the hearts of peasants and kings,
He began to unveil
The Word that would change
The course of all things.
With eyes wide open,
All would see
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
Simple strokes on a page,
Eternity's secrets revealed.
Carried on from age to age,
It speaks truth to us even still.
And as the rain falls from Heaven,
Feeds the earth before it returns,
Lord, let Your Word fall on us
And bring forth the fruit You deserve.
With eyes wide open,
Let us see
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
[--spoken words--]
The Bible was inscribed over a period of two thousand years, in times of war and in days of peace, by kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers, and shepherds. The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive could have been produced by such a diverse crowd over a period of time which staggers the imagination. Jesus is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God is its end.
[--end spoken words--]
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
[--heard very faintly--]
Jesus is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God is its end.
The Father of light and of men
Chose to make Himself known
And show us the way back to Him.
Speaking wisdom and truth
Into the hearts of peasants and kings,
He began to unveil
The Word that would change
The course of all things.
With eyes wide open,
All would see
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
Simple strokes on a page,
Eternity's secrets revealed.
Carried on from age to age,
It speaks truth to us even still.
And as the rain falls from Heaven,
Feeds the earth before it returns,
Lord, let Your Word fall on us
And bring forth the fruit You deserve.
With eyes wide open,
Let us see
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
[--spoken words--]
The Bible was inscribed over a period of two thousand years, in times of war and in days of peace, by kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers, fishermen, singers, and shepherds. The marvel is that a library so perfectly cohesive could have been produced by such a diverse crowd over a period of time which staggers the imagination. Jesus is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God is its end.
[--end spoken words--]
The Word is alive!
And it cuts like a sword through the darkness
With a message of life to the hopeless and afraid,
Breathing life into all who Believe.
The Word is alive!
And the world and its glories will fade,
But His truth, it will not pass away.
It remains,
Yesterday and forever the same.
The Word is alive.
[--heard very faintly--]
Jesus is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God is its end.