Jesus Christ is Alive!

I'm a lover of music.  I've said before that I live in a musical--my very own musical.  People that know me can vouch--it's prolly annoying as all get out!  Anyway, I love good music--of any genre...if it's good (by my standards, of course). #musicsnob. As far as Christian music is concerned, my criteria for being good is different than my criteria for secular stuff.  When I say good, I mean doctrinally sound.  If it happens to have a great melody, it's a win-win!  I mentioned in an earlier post, that I love The Sing Team, the praise band for Mars Hill.  Their song, Oh! Great is Our God!, is one of my favorites.  Also by The Sing Team, Because Jesus Christ is Alive--great song.  Just read these lyrics and take a listen:

We get tired, we canʼt win 
We were dead in our sin 
But thereʼs a hope, a new life 
The pressureʼs off, cause Jesus Christʼs alive .

So we can rejoice, 
though weʼre grieved by various trials for a little while 
ʻcause a genuine faith under testing 
brings honor and glory to our great King 

By Godʼs great mercy we have been born again, 
because Jesus Christ is alive 
Our living hope is in our inheritance, 
because Jesus Christ is alive 
No grip of fear, no sting in death, 
by His mercy we have been born again 
because Jesus Christ is alive 

We donʼt have to bear the load 
We donʼt have to have control 
We are free from guilt and shame 
ʻcause when He rose, he left death in itʼs grave 

No grip of fear, no sting in death, 
because Jesus Christ is alive 
Weʼre free from guilt, weʼre free from shame, 
because Jesus Christ is alive 
Weʼre free to live for Jesusʼ fame, 
because Jesus Christ is alive

Now that's good music!