My favorite character in the Bible is the apostle Paul. He is kinda like my hero. His story is an amazing one of grace and freedom through Jesus Christ. Hardly anyone can stand up to the passion that Paul had after his conversion on the road to Damascus. This is his story.
I knew my job and fulfilled it every time
Those who preached of Jesus were not sorry for their crime
But after they were beaten I spat into their face
"Give up your foolish preachin', be committed to your race"
They're numbers just kept growin' so I began to kill
But whatever they were sowin' grew beyond a will
Every time I'd ask one to renounce what they believed
They would shake their heads, said they'd asked and then received
"You can burn our homes and take our very lives
But you can't harm our souls for we go to paradise
The man who died and rose is our Lord, Jesus Christ"
The road to Damascus was familiar ground to me
Nothin' there was different, not that I could see
Suddenly a light shone down upon my way
It took away my sight and then I heard One say
"Why do you burn their homes and take their very lives
You can't harm their souls, they're with Me in paradise
I am He who rose, their savior, Jesus Christ"
Three days later, as I began to see
Jesus was the savior and He was callin' me
I became His servant and left my job behind
His task for me was urgent and I'd been wasting time
My song is now the same
As those that I had killed
Now my life's been changed
My heart of stone's been healed
I got a brand new life
Been given back my sight
And from the plains and heights
I'll shout into the night
"You can burn my home and take my very life
But you can't harm my soul for I go to paradise
The man who died and rose is my Lord, Jesus Christ"