Why was Paul chosen to bring the gospel to the Gentiles?
God designated Paul to take salvation to the Gentiles. Paul received revelations from the resurrected, ascended Lord and defended his apostleship, even though he did not walk with Jesus during the three years as Peter, James, and John did. God's designation stands.
Les explains that Paul is the man God designated to take salvation to the Gentiles, and because God designated it, Les makes no apology for emphasizing Paul. Les notes that Paul constantly defended his apostleship in all his letters, because people of his day accused him of heresy and of being an imposter since he did not walk with the Lord Jesus during those three years as Peter, James, and John did. Nevertheless, Paul insisted he was an Apostle and the one who received all these revelations. Paul writes to the world today just as surely as he wrote to the Corinthians in his day, and he told believers to follow him as he followed the resurrected, ascended Lord.