Jesus Loves Me (19)

 SONG STUDY (23) : CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY  

      Charles Wesley

Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!

Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!

Sing ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Alleluia! 

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

King of glory, Soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, Thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing and thus to love, Alleluia! 

A typical rendition of this beautiful hymn:  Christ the Lord is Risen Today!                                           

This hymn of Wesley’s dates from the earliest days of the “Wesleyan” church, in 1739. Some of the verses appear to go back to the 14^th century. It has been sung at Easter Day services ever since Wesley’s time.

1. Understanding the words: Alleluia, triumphs, redeeming, seal, hell, soar, exalted, bliss.
2. Verse 1. These words echo many passages in the Psalms e.g. Psalm 148.
3. Verse 2. What is meant by “love’s redeeming work is done”? See John 19:30, Hebrews 9:14, Ephesians 5:1-2 and 1 John 4:10-11.
4. What were the fight and the battle? See 1 John 3:8.
5. What are the “stone, the watch, the seal”? See Matthew 27:62-28:4.
6. What does “Christ hath burst the gates of hell” mean? See Matthew 16:18, Revelation 1:18 and 1 Peter 3:18-22.
7. Verse 3. For the victory over death and the grave see 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 and Hosea 13:14.
8. Verse 4 asserts that our resurrection is the result of Christ’s resurrection. This is what Paul says so confidently in 1 Corinthians 15. See especially 20-23 and 50-56.
9. Verse 5. What does the writer say everlasting life is? See John 17:1-3.
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