Background of the Passage The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news to rebellious creatures facing the righteous judgment of a holy God. It is, in fact, the best news ever announced. The gospel liberates. It transforms. It saves. This unearthly message of deliverance and hope changed the apostle Paul’s life and radically redirected him. The transformation in Paul was so thorough that this former enemy of the gospel committed his life to traveling the known world to tell his marvelous story to anyone