Rudy Pérez - Porque El Vive (Because He Lives) Lyrics
Lyrics
Spanish Lyrics:
Dios envió a su hijo Cristo
A perdonar y dar amor
Vivió y murió por mis pecados
Tres días después resucitó mi salvador
Porque el vive enfrento el mañana
Porque el vive ya no hay temor
Porque yo se que el tiene el futuro
Mi vida vale porque vive mi Señor
Que dicha es tener un hijo
Precioso don que Dios nos da
Qué inmensa paz saber por cierto
Que su futuro por Jesús seguro está
Se acabará mi vida un día
Enfrentaré muerte y dolor
No temeré porque en la gloria
allí en su reino yo veré a mi redentor!
Porque el vive enfrento el mañana
Porque el vive ya no hay temor
Porque yo se que el tiene el futuro
Mi vida vale porque vive mi Señor
Porque el vive enfrento el mañana
Porque el vive ya no hay temor
Porque yo se que el tiene el futuro
Mi vida vale porque vive mi Señor
Mi vida vale porque vive mi Señor
English Lyrics:
God sent His Son; they called Him Jesus.
He came to love, heal and forgive—
He lived and died to buy my pardon;
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.
How sweet to hold our newborn baby
And feel the pride and joy he gives;
But greater still the calm assurance,
This child can face uncertain days because He lives.
And then one day I’ll cross death’s river;
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain—
And then as death gives way to victory,
I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He reigns.
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Rudy Perez - Porque Él Vive (Lyric Video)
Meaning & Inspiration
Rudy Pérez offers a clean, direct take on a classic anthem of the faith, grounding his delivery in the bedrock truth of the resurrection. When he sings that God sent His Son to buy our pardon, he is tapping into the core of Romans 5:8, where Paul reminds us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The song doesn't get bogged down in flowery metaphors; it plants its feet firmly on the historical fact that an empty grave changes everything for the believer. It is one thing to acknowledge a historical figure, but it is entirely another to build your daily peace on the reality that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is currently active in your own life.
When the lyrics declare that because He lives, we can face tomorrow, they are echoing the promise in Hebrews 13:5-6, where the Lord says He will never leave us nor forsake us, giving us every reason to say the Lord is our helper. Fear usually stems from a sense of uncertainty about what lies ahead, yet the song dismantles that anxiety by placing the future squarely in the hands of the One who holds the keys of death and Hades. You don't have to be afraid of the unknown when you belong to the One who defines the end from the beginning.
Pérez brings in the reality of family and children to make the theology personal. Seeing the fragility of a newborn child and trusting their future to Christ is the ultimate act of surrender for any parent. It shifts our perspective from our own small strength to the sovereign care of the Father. Even when we look toward the inevitable end of our earthly time, the song refuses to be grim. It treats the finality of death as a mere transition, a bridge to seeing our Redeemer face to face. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 tells us that death has lost its sting because of the victory won at the cross. We aren't just surviving until we die; we are living with the constant assurance that the grave is not the final word. When you truly grasp that the Creator of the universe is the author of your future, your fear loses its oxygen, and you finally start living with the unshakeable confidence of someone who knows exactly how the story ends.