Shortly after Christ had risen, a man was called to serve in his name Believers had feared him, persecution was part of his fame But he changed on the road to Damascus, and Saul became Paul from that day An apostle of the lord, he set out on the world to proclaim The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Traveling from tarsus to Spain The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Shadows of the pagan world fall away On his first journey paul had traveled, with barnabas leading the way From antioch to cyprus they go, elymas stood in their way He was then blinded by the spirit through paul, for blaspheming the truth of God To perga they'd set sail, many gentiles they will soon save The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Traveling from tarsus to Spain The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Shadows of the pagan world fall away forever On the second journey away Paul was now leading the way To derbe and lystra they traveled And through Corinth they came They drove a demon from a soothsaying girl And paul and Silas were put into jail An earthquake freed them but they did not flee And on paul's third journey he traveled far and wide From galatia, phrygia and ephesus Paul was attacked in ephesus during a pagan riot This caused him to leave the city Paul then traveled to macedonia and illyria in the balkans His companions then headed back to the levant going through Philippi, troas, miletus, rhodes and then to tyre After staying with philip the evangelist in caesarea they made their way to Jerusalem Paul would journey to Jerusalem five times On the fifth, he came into conflict with the population He was to be punished locally but appealed that since he was A roman citizen, he was allowed to present his case before the caesar in rome On the way to rome the ship wrecked on the waves, on malta the ship came to rest A man and his suffering father, received them as guests Soon after, Paul healed his father, obtained provisions for the journey ahead They again set sail to rome, and there paul would meet his fate The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Traveling from tarsus to Spain The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Shadows of the pagan world fall away After suffering two years of his house arrest, Paul was finally put to the blade Beheaded in the city of rome, near the waters of tre fontane For paul his life was now over, his race had finally been ran To rest in the arms of the lord, with Jesus the son of man The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Traveling from tarsus to Spain The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Shadows of the pagan world fall away The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Traveling from tarsus to Spain The good news of our God spreads from here! Through cilician gates Shadows of the pagan world fall away forever!