CHAPTER TWELVE GOOD NEWS FOR LAW-BREAKERS For the man who trusts in the God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. “I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile” (Romans 1:16). With this declaration of his own personal confidence in the Christian message, the apostle Paul begins his trek, leading us to the Alpine summits of biblical revelation through what is arguably the most