{"id":7953,"date":"2013-03-31T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T17:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2013-03-31T17:21:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T17:21:48","slug":"the-son-has-risen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=7953","title":{"rendered":"The Son Has Risen!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He’s alive, He’s alive, and so are we! \u00a0Because of His sacrifice we have eternal life. \u00a0Almost from the day of his resurrection there have been those that questioned the reality that He truly rose from the dead! \u00a0 \u00a0Some have offered the theory that He was not really dead, and recovered in the tomb. \u00a0That does not explain the mistake that would have had to have been made by the experienced Roman soldiers that had crucified many men and declared them dead, then the questions remains how could a badly injured Jesus \u00a0move the stone, and what about the Roman guards the were stationed to prevent anyone from getting to the body? \u00a0Others said the disciples could have stolen his body and claimed he rose from the grave! \u00a0If that were so why would virtually every one of the disciples have submitted to die in horrible deaths to protect a lie? \u00a0If the Romans or the Jewish religious leaders had stolen the body they would have displayed the body to prove he did not rise from the dead!<\/span><\/p>\n

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No, my friend, he did come back to life. \u00a0He conquered death for both himself and us! <\/span><\/p>\n


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No, the Son has risen!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Because He Lives……<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0(Verse 1)<\/strong><\/span>
\nGod sent his son<\/strong><\/span>
\nThey called him Jesus<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe came to love<\/strong><\/span>
\nHeal and forgive<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe lived and died<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo buy my pardon<\/strong><\/span>
\nAn empty grave<\/strong><\/span>
\nIs there to prove<\/strong><\/span>
\nMy Savior lives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span>
\nBecause he lives<\/strong><\/span>
\nI can face tomorrow<\/strong><\/span>
\nBecause he lives<\/strong><\/span>
\nAll fear is gone<\/strong><\/span>
\nBecause I know<\/strong><\/span>
\nHe holds the future<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd life is worth the living<\/strong><\/span>
\nJust because he lives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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(Verse 2)<\/strong><\/span>
\nHow sweet to hold
\n[ From: http:\/\/www.elyrics.net ]<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nA newborn baby<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd feel the pride<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd joy he gives<\/strong><\/span>
\nBut greater still<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe calm assurance<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis child can face<\/strong><\/span>
\nUncertain days<\/strong><\/span>
\nBecause he lives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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(Chorus)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Verse 3)<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd then one day<\/strong><\/span>
\nI’ll cross the river<\/strong><\/span>
\nI’ll fight life’s final war with pain<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd then as death<\/strong><\/span>
\nGives way to victory<\/strong><\/span>
\nI’ll see the lights<\/strong><\/span>
\nOf glory and<\/strong><\/span>
\nI’ll know he lives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He’s alive, He’s alive, and so are we! \u00a0Because of His sacrifice we have eternal life. \u00a0Almost from the day of his resurrection there have been those that questioned the reality that He truly rose from the dead! \u00a0 \u00a0Some have offered the theory that He was not really dead, and recovered in the tomb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7953"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7958,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions\/7958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}