Looking out from his throne   Father of light and of men   Chose to make himself known   And show us the way back to Him      Speaking wisdom and truth   Into the hearts of peasants and Kings   He began to unveil   The word that would change the course of all things   With eyes wide open all who'd see      The word is alive   And it cuts like the sword through the darkness   With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail   Breathing life into all who believe      The word is alive   And the world and its glories will fade   But its truth, it will not pass away   It remains yesterday and forever the same   The word is alive      Simple strokes on a page   Eternities secrets revealed   Carried on from age to age   It speaks truth to us even still      And as the rain falls from heaven   Feeds the earth before it returns   Lord, let Your word fall on us   And bring forth the fruit You deserve   With eyes wide open let us see      The word is alive   And it cuts like the sword through the darkness   With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail   Breathing life into all who believe      The word is alive   And the world and its glories will fade   But its truth, it will not pass away   It remains yesterday and forever the same   The word is alive      The Bible was inscribed over a period of 2000 years   In times of war and in days of peace   By kings, physicians, tax collectors, farmers   Fishermen, singers and shepherds      The marvel is that a lot of grace so perfectly cohesive   Could have been produced by such a diverse crowd   Over a period of time which stagers the imagination      Jesus is its grand subject   Our good is designed and the glory of God is its end      The word is alive   And it cuts like the sword through the darkness   With a message of life to the hopeless and the frail   Breathing life into all who believe      The word is alive   And the world and its glories will fade   But its truth, it will not pass away   It remains yesterday and forever the same      The word is alive   (World and its glories will fade)   The word is alive   (Its truth, it will not pass away)      This word is alive   (This word is alive)   (This word is alive)