“HE WOULDN’T STAY DEAD”
in part by: Willard G. Thomas
(1933-2013)
They laid Jesus body in Joseph’s new tomb
And filled His disciples with sorrow and gloom
They did not remember what He had said
That the Jews would kill Him, but He wouldn’t stay dead
Mary came at the break of day
And found the stone was rolled away
She saw an angel and in terror fled
And told the disciples that Jesus didn’t stay dead
In that cold dark tomb He would not stay
He conquered death and walked away
And now that old graveyard has lost it’s terror and dread
He is living again! He wouldn’t stay dead
Full atonement and pardon were made
And forever the sin debt is marked fully paid
The price was His blood as it flowed crimson red
And I’m preaching all over that He didn’t stay dead!
Let’s go to our churches and cry aloud
Let’s go to the marketplace and talk to the crowd
Let’s go to the mission fields that lie up ahead
And tell the whole world that He didn’t stay dead!
Because if Jesus Christ had only died
Then the gulf between us and God would still be wide
But thank God He did what He said
He got up out of the ground, He couldn’t stay dead!
no commentary is needed because the words ring true,
true for me and true for you.
read the last two verses aloud for your measure
of the Lord's blessings giving us His treasure.
