The Worship Initiative - Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) Lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
One day when Heaven
Was filled with His praises
One day when sin was
As black as could be
Jesus came forth to
Be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men
My example is He
Pre Chorus
Word became flesh and
The light shined among us
His glory revealed
Chorus
Living He loved me
Dying He saved me
Buried He carried
My sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming
Oh glorious day oh glorious day
Verse 2
One day they led Him
Up Calvary's mountain
One day they nailed Him
To die on a tree
Suffering anguish
Despised and rejected
Bearing our sins
My Redeemer is He
Verse 3
One day the grave could
Conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled
Away from the door
Then He arose over
Death He had conquered
Now is ascended
My Lord evermore
Pre Chorus
Death could not hold Him
The grave could not keep Him
From rising again
Chorus
Living He loved me
Dying He saved me
Buried He carried
My sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming
Oh glorious day oh glorious day
Refrain
Oh glorious day
Refrain
Oh glorious day
Oh glorious day
Verse 4
One day the trumpet
Will sound for His coming
One day the skies with
His glories will shine
Wonderful day
My Beloved One bringing
Glorious Savior Jesus is mine
Tag
Oh Jesus is mine
Tag
Oh Jesus is mine
Oh glorious day
Chorus
Living He loved me
Dying He saved me
Buried He carried
My sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming
Oh glorious day oh glorious day
Refrain
Oh glorious day
Video
Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)
Meaning & Inspiration
Released as part of *The Worship Initiative Instrumentals, Vol. 17-26* in November 2018, "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)" is a profound musical meditation on the life, death, and triumphant resurrection of Jesus Christ, culminating in the anticipation of His return. The song masterfully unpacks the narrative of salvation, beginning with His humble birth, "One day when Heaven was filled with His praises, One day when sin was as black as could be, Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin," echoing the fulfillment of prophecy found in Isaiah 7:14 and the miraculous conception described in Luke 1:34-35. The core of the message resides in the powerful refrain, "Living He loved me, Dying He saved me, Buried He carried My sins far away, Rising He justified freely forever," a concise yet comprehensive summary of the Gospel. The "Living He loved me" speaks to Christ's perfect example and selfless life, as highlighted in John 13:34, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." His sacrificial death, "Dying He saved me," is the central tenet of Christian faith, referencing His atonement for humanity's sin as taught in Romans 5:8: "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." The burial, "Buried He carried My sins far away," points to the complete removal of our transgressions, a concept beautifully illustrated in Psalm 103:12: "as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." The climactic "Rising He justified freely forever" celebrates the resurrection as the ultimate victory over sin and death, establishing our righteousness before God, as declared in Romans 4:25: "He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."
The song then moves to vividly portray the crucifixion, "One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain, One day they nailed Him to die on a tree, Suffering anguish, Despised and rejected, Bearing our sins, My Redeemer is He." This imagery directly aligns with the accounts in Matthew 27 and Mark 15, and the prophetic declaration in Isaiah 53:3-5: "He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain… But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." The triumph over the grave, "One day the grave could conceal Him no longer, One day the stone rolled away from the door, Then He arose over Death He had conquered," is the undeniable proof of His divinity and the promise of eternal life, as proclaimed in 1 Corinthians 15:4, "that he was buried, that he was raised to life on the third day according to the Scriptures." The anticipation of His return, "One day the trumpet will sound for His coming, One day the skies with His glories will shine, Wonderful day, My Beloved One bringing, Glorious Savior Jesus is mine," points to the glorious future described in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air." The song’s strength lies in its clear, chronological unfolding of the Gospel message, making the complex theological truths accessible and inspiring, ultimately leading to the affirming declaration, "Oh Jesus is mine."