NOBLE CONTRADICTION

Lyrics by Peter Josef Merz and Blair Byron MacLean
Music by Stuart Todd

Pharisee of Pharisees
Stop those Christians at any cost
'Cause it's law over mercy
You led the "enemies of the cross"

PRE-CHORUS I
One moment breathing threats
Of death and arrest
But on the road to Damascus
All that changed, when you saw Christ Jesus

CHORUS
A Noble Contradiction
When Saul became Paul
When show them no mercy was tempered by grace
A Noble Contradiction
When Saul became Paul
And Stephen's opponent stood up in his place
A most Noble Contradiction

Messenger of Christ Jesus
Love all sinners at any cost
Teach grace to the least of us
(And) die knowing what your Savior bought

PRE-CHORUS II
To think you would embrace
What you hated most
Seemed so unlikely, so absurd
Some jaws must've dropped when that occurred

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Oh Saul, convinced you were
Hit man for God the Father
You always had an offer
The Christians couldn't refuse
Oh Paul, look at you now
You say "love one another"
The Rabbis at the Temple wonder
"What happened to you" What happened to you

REPEAT CHORUS

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