What did Paul face among the pagan Gentiles he ministered to?
Paul was constantly confronted with abject immorality and gross pagan wickedness among the Gentiles he ministered to. He encountered unbelievable moral corruption, yet he did not crusade as a moralist or politician. Instead, by preaching the Gospel of God's grace, he turned the Roman Empire upside down.
Les explains that Paul was sent to the Gentiles with a whole new format, not based on Judaism, the Law, or the Old Testament, but on a new revelation of new truths. Among those pagan Gentiles, Les says, Paul was constantly confronted with the abject immorality of his day, which was unbelievable. Yet out of that wickedness and gross pagan immorality, Paul turned the Roman Empire upside down simply by preaching the Gospel. He was not a crusader, a politician, or a great moralist; he preached the Gospel of the grace of God.