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Living He Loved Me - Oh Glorious Day

By Kierra Sheard

4,246 views Sep 29, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

Kierra Sheard is singing a hymn built entirely out of one-day statements, moving through Christ's whole story — incarnation, crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and a still-future return — in five tight verbs per chorus: 'living, he loved me, dying, he saved me, buried, he carried my sins far away, rising, he justified freely forever.' That last line draws directly on Romans 4:25's pairing of Christ's death for sin and his resurrection for justification, stated as one continuous act rather than two separate events.

The verses fill in the narrative those verbs summarize — 'word became flesh and the light shined among us' lifts John 1:14 almost verbatim for the incarnation, while 'death could not hold him, the grave could not keep him' answers the crucifixion verse's brutality with the third verse's reversal. The closing verse turns forward to 'one day the trumpet will sound for his coming,' so the hymn ends not with the resurrection as a finished event but as a promise still being waited on.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

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
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed

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

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
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me

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

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 He's ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again

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

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine

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

Glorious day, Oh, Glorious day

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