What was Paul's attitude toward Christ and Judaism before he was saved?
Before salvation, Paul hated anything associated with the Christ of Calvary. He regarded Judaism as his pet religion and thought he was destroying it, showing his fierce opposition to Christ and devotion to Judaism. God in grace then saved him on the Damascus road.
Les explains that before Paul was saved, he hated anything associated with the Christ of Calvary and thought he was destroying his pet religion, Judaism. But God in grace saved him on the road to Damascus and immediately gave instructions that this man would go to the Gentiles with a whole new format—not based on Judaism, not based on the Law, not based on the Old Testament, but on a whole new revelation of new truths never mooted before. Paul was sent among pagan Gentiles, where he was constantly confronted with abject immorality, yet he preached the Gospel of the grace of God and turned the Roman Empire upside down.