The Old Rugged Cross Lyrics - Because He Lives: Favorite Easter Songs - Bill And Gloria Gaither

There's a line that is drawn through the ages 

On that line stands an old rugged cross 

On that cross, a battle is raging 

To gain a man's soul or it's loss 

On one side, march the forces of evil 

All the demons, all the devils of hell 

On the other, the angels of glory 

And they meet on Golgotha's hill 

The earth shakes with the force of the conflict 

And the sun refuses to shine 

For there hangs God's son, in the balance 

And then through the darkness he cries 

It is finished, the battle is over 

It is finished, there'll be no more war 

It is finished, the end of the conflict 

It is finished and Jesus is Lord 

Yet in my heart, the battle was still raging 

Not all prisoners of war had come home 

These were battlefields of my own making 

I didn't know that the war had been won 

Oh, but then I heard the king of the ages 

Had fought all the battles for me 

And that victory was mine for the claiming 

And now praise his name, I am free