Skaggs, Ricky - River Of Jordan Lyrics

Ms. Beanscot, i did not know you posted this song along with leaning on the everlasting arm. This song has special meaning to me as i had a 22 yr. Old son pass away 9 yrs. after graduating college. He was a great christian man, if you met him, it would not be long before he would ask you if you had a personal relationship with Jesus, and if you passed away, do you know for sure you would go to heaven? I miss him dearly. His name was Jordan, and he passed from unknown heart disease.ty for this video, God bless you

Steve Logan You’re welcome. Thank you for telling me about your Jordan. You’ve added to the meaning of this song.

@beanscot ty, it means a lot to me, God bless

Love this! Thank you. And God bless!

infamousmetalmaiden You’re welcome!

That last photo is awesome. Great song, I love it.

Thank you.

beanscot You have excellent taste in Southern music.

Thank you!

beanscot Have you checked out the Johnson Mountain Boys' clips and IIIrd Tyme Out. They are outstanding.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Baptized in Lake Okeechobee, THANK You Reverend Boyd.

will never forget my "River of Jordan"...Thank You Jesus:€

Mark.1

[5] And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

Thank you.

i'm not real religious,  but I like this song.     A.J. Lee and Molly Tuttle do a fine version also.

Thank you.

beanscot      hey, thank you!   you've got good taste in music.

wish words could describe how amazing I think this song is

Thanks! : )

beanscot my brother them YOU for uploading and may the Lord richly bless you and yours and all reading in all endeavors !!

thank* YOU**

Jesus saved me !!!

Truly !!!

Me too, amen

Praise the Lord!

good song

Thank you.

Jesus saved me !!!

Brian Estep may He continue to bless you and yours!! Praise the One True Lord our God !!!!

Thank you !!! All praise be to the one true Lord our God , may you and yours continue to be blessed. Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

What a great and mighty God and Savior we have
God Bless and Keep 'You

It's a great bluegrass song, with or without the pictures.

Gary Easy it's fine not to watch

To the River of Jordan our Savior went one day
And we read that John the Baptist met Him there
And when John baptized Jesus in Jordan's rushing waters
The mighty power of God filled the air.
I'm on my way to the River of Jordan
Gonna wade right in to the rushing waters
I'm going down to the River of Jordan
And let the cool waters cleanse my soul.

King Naaman was stricken with dreaded leprosy
And he sent for the man of God to pray
But Elisha said to Naaman Go dip yourself in Jordan
And let the cool waters wash your spots away.
So he went right down to the River Of Jordan
He waded right in the rushing waters
He dipped himself in the River of Jordan

And the cool waters made him whole.
Oh, the River of Jordan is many miles away
And this mighty river I may never see
But I'll find myself an alter in an old fashioned church
And my River of Jordan that will be...

Thanks for the lyrics.

Your most certainly welcome if you ever have a song that you need the lyrics to send the song to me and I'll get the lyrics for you

October 23 ,1994 baptised in Jesus name

Heard this song as a very young girl in church, God brought it back to my heart today, Wonderful song.

Thank you.

No better harmony singers around than Sharon and Cheryl White.

Question: Who actually wrote this song? I can't find any info on it.

I think it was written by Hazel Houser.

It was Hazel Houser who wrote the song. In Google type in the question of who wrote the song and on at least 2 sites that song is attributed to Mrs. Hazel Houser.

praise the lord. god bless you. :)  this is an awesome song,

Thank you!

To God the father, and God the son and the Holy spirit be the Glory.

@Emory King 

absolutely wonderful song just beautiful

Thank you for commenting.

Nice song love it

Thanks!

Most beautiful song !! God is Love !

Yes, He is!  Thank you.

This song puts chills down my spine

Thank you for commenting.

your very welcome

Good music is good music. Thank you for commenting.

Love this song and I'm an atheist.

You're welcome!

Lindo e perfeito!
Thanks

@lovesacousticrythm Thanks!

beanscot; I know Im not perfect but I try hard to live for OUR GOD .Why dont you take a good look at yourself, I bet you are imperfect also. If I see some "Self-Serveing-Bums" that need Baptising I`ll do it my way, and I promise I wont be critical of you, I`ll cast no stones. .Also this ends right here,Im not responding to any more criticism. God Bless.

@BubbaRRNC You have expressed your opinion strongly. Now may I gently remind you that children of the King are to live their lives representing God in our words and deeds? I believe it is better if we don't use the same language that a non-believer might use. God bless.

l am sick of hearing politicians say "We need to move the Country forward",l disrespectfully disagree, look at the mess "moveing forward" has got us in.I say "we need to move the Country back" to GOD, and move all them MORONS in Washington to the "RIVER of JORDAN", and throw their self-serveing butts in.

@zytigon it did'nt happen in real life.

@bessonpaul If John the Baptist was Jesus relative (Lk 1v36) & if they met each other then how come John needed a dove to identify Jesus (John 1v33) & if they did not meet each other then it's astounding: John sat in desert Lk1v80 rather than travel 70miles to meet his relative who his mother surely told him was Lord Jesus of God (Lk 1v42)?Imagine them not even trying to meet M,J & Jesus at the Passover in Jerusalem each year Lk 2v41, especially if liz‘s Zech was Temple priest Lk 1v8.

@midnightwolf2937 Yes, it is amazing. We have an amazing God!

Love the last picture where the soldier is getting baptised, amazing what God can do in the loneliest places and in such dire times.

@lovelykeke911 We're here to serve! : )

@beanscot please feel free to preach to me :)

@jennel802009 Thank you.

Baptized in a small river at Cohutta Springs in Crandall, GA. It was so beautiful. The day was beautiful with the scene of the Northwest Georgia Mountains right behind us. It was the greatest day of my life. I had never been so fearless of water. God was watching. God Bless.

@DavidJamesMurrell Thank you for sharing your testimony. I hope you will find other gospel songs by Ricky Skaggs to enjoy.

I only converted to Christianity six years ago (at the age of 57), but I had followed Ralph Stanley and the Chinch Mountain Boys since 1970. Back in the mid-1970s, Ricky Skaggs toured with the band at the early age of 14, for the next few years. Raphy put him as a lead mandolin player at that young age, and one can see why.

So I feel foolish, only today, at the age of 63, finally clicking onto YouTou to hear Ricky Skaggs gospel. It is all superb, and this song especially. Well done.

@Wunlong1234 There is the hope of an eternity in Heaven. God bless.

Was baptized in 1972 in the Pound River, 8 miles south of the VA-/-KY line. Member of the Birch-field Old Regular Baptist Church of Pound, VA. My Father was the Reverend William Clyde Baker Jr. I miss my dear father; this was one of his favorite songs. I would sing it 10,000 times if I could kiss him on the cheek one more time

@atbound1 Thanks for commenting.

Always a blessing to hear Ricky and gospel!

@beanscot Amen and Amen! So very well put.

Respond to this video... If you think the music gives you peace, try a big dose of Jesus!

@beanscot thats a good testimony

@beanscot no problem :)

@badazzpresidents23 It's an uplifting sound. Thanks for commenting.

I'm not a Christian and I like this kind of music.

@knoxcountykyman1 amen!

@beanscot I agree!

@OLDROMANCROSS AMEN! Tell me about it. He sure is. When it is out of our hands just give it to Him and He will know what to do. God Bless.

@OLDROMANCROSS Yes, He is.

Jesus is the only answer !

@sargedirt that's good for you i guess, i don't believe myself, in god or eternal life. I think you have to live with your own strenghts, which is a lot harder to do. but again, not trying to antagonize anyone. and if jesus brings you peace and courage, well, I'm not questionning that. It's good for you.

@bessonpaul Beanscot is right. Im only a teen but it is amazing how peaceful you feel while practicing the faith. Jesus brings me hope when i am weak and faltering and it is only Him that keeps me going. I know that while I follow Him, im in his grace and I shall have eternal life!

@bessonpaul JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR AND WHY WE LIVE.JESUS SAVES.

AMEN!!!! For God So Loved The World He Gave His Only Begotten Son, That Who Ever Believes In Him Shall Not Perish But Have Everlasting Life... John 3:16... How AWESOME is it that the Creator of the Universe Loved sinners like me that He gave his Son.

@bessonpaul Religion is different than a personal, saving faith in Jesus. His grace is amazing! There's nothing better than the freedom found in belonging to God. I am loved and my sins are forgiven. My soul has been cleansed and I have been made new. God's peace and His strength in time of need is better than anything this world offers. I'll stop even though I could just go on and on about my God. : ) Thank you for commenting!

I'm from france, and we're a lot less religious than america. i personnaly have troubles to understand why people need to believe in a god. but seing those pictures and listening to this music, i can't help but feel some... harmony and peace. I respect that, it's a good feeling. this is the good side of religion i think, the one who does'nt set people apart, but bring them together.

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 I believe both Testaments are the complete Word of God. I believe Jesus is the fulfillment of the Messianic prophesies of the Old Testament. There is much for any Christian to learn about the nature of God from the Old Testament.

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 I am a Christian.

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 You may be thinking of the Old Testament verse Isaiah 29:13:Isaiah 29:13 (New International Version, ©2010)

13 The Lord says:

“These people come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a]

@ytdsgdjgfueyxn537 Unfortunately, Christians, myself included, will not always practice what we preach. It makes me humbly grateful that the Son of God died on the cross for my sins: past, present, and future. It's Amazing Grace, indeed! I'm not Southern, by the way, but spent enough years living in the South to appreciate the music and the people.

@deebska15 I won't try to convince you otherwise, because God is capable of doing so : ) I'm glad you enjoyed the song Thanks for commenting.

i absolutely love this song -- as well as many other christian songs. that being said, i am someone who has spent much of my life contemplating religion, god, and a superior being and have arrived very comfortably at the decision that i don't believe there is a god. sure, i wish there was a god, but as someone who bases my beliefs on the best available evidence, i have no choice but to lean towards the fact there is no god. this does not mean i don't love good music =)

@knoxcountykyman1 Your comment here has touched my heart. I am sorry for your loss and Heaven's gain. Your son was an excellent example of how old men will be lead by the young. I don't know exactly how you feel but I know that I am glad to have a daughter who kept after the old man and lived an exemplary life filled with God's goodness. Very grateful that God takes a sinner, like me, looks beyond my faults and shelters me in His arms.

@knoxcountykyman1 Thank you for commenting. It sounds like you raised a good son. I am sorry for your loss.

@setorlosebagsp Yes, I know It's a representation of what happens when someone accepts Christ as their Savior, the death, burial and resurrection of a sinner saved.

nice song.... but water baptism doesnt save sinners...\

@izzzzieizzie Thank you.

So precious, the smiles and the cleansing from the Lord.

@knoxcountykyman Amen! : )

@billconley32 You're welcome and God bless

@mischelle321968 You're welcome!

I loved this video. I was recently baptized and cried through this entire video. I was so touched by the last picture... Thanks for posting!

@Milholland1 Thanks for commenting I love that picture!

Amen! I have 2 son"s in the Army and it really touched my heart to see that even soldiers in Iraq would find a way to be Baptised.

Is this by Brumley?

@noisy71 I'm glad you found it! : )

You're welcome.

Thank you!

Thanks for your comment! I love watching others being baptized.

That's nice! It's a good name!

I love that I share my name with this river. :-)

and God loves you

Thanks for the encouragement!

This is a great video! Especially the pics of God's new children rejoicing after being baptisted. Great work! Keep up the good work

Amen! : )

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting.

Great! Thanks for commenting!

go ricky!!
Hi from Italy!!

Thanks for your comment!

I still have this on LP. Have new ricky since we were kids. My grandmother is a skaggs. Great record, everybody should look it up.

You're welcome!