How did God train Paul for his ministry?
God saved Saul of Tarsus by grace outside Palestine on Gentile ground. He took him into the desert for three years and personally seminary-trained him between the glorified Lord and Saul himself. God then sent him not to Jews but to Gentiles with a whole new program.
Les teaches that when Israel rejected the message, God converted another Jew, Saul of Tarsus, who was completely out of any prospect for being a man of God—the least likely choice. God saved him by grace outside the land of Palestine on Gentile ground. He then took him down into the desert for three years and seminary-trained him directly between the glorified Lord and Saul himself. After that training, God sent him not to the Jew but to the Gentile with a whole new program.