What was Paul like before he was saved?
Before salvation, Paul was like a raging bull, aggressively fighting against everything that spoke of Jesus of Nazareth. He was not neutral but actively opposed to the message about Jesus, resisting the truth and fiercely opposing all that spoke of Jesus.
Les explains that before Paul was saved, he was like a raging bull fighting against everything that spoke of Jesus of Nazareth. Les notes that Paul's pre-conversion stance was one of intense opposition to the message of Jesus. In his teaching, Les points out that Paul later had to defend his apostleship, because people could readily understand the Twelve and their unique position with Christ, but they struggled with Paul. Yet Paul never took a back seat to anybody concerning his apostleship, magnifying his office as apostle of the Gentiles.