Cicilian Gates

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

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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!