2. 1 Take notice that open visions where still in effect during this time as the New Testament had not yet been WRITTEN.

3. 1Sa 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli
1Sa 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

4. Heb 1:1-2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

5. 2 Take note that Paul although a Jew, was a ROMAN citizen.

6. 3 Paul has received a direct revelation from God and was about to get a direct COMMISSION like many of the prophets had been given.

7. Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
1Ti 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

8. 4 Paul would endure much SUFFERING for the cause of Christ
4 Paul would endure much SUFFERING for the cause of Christ. But he understood its PURPOSE.

9. 2Co 11:23-27 Are they ministers of Christ
2Co 11: Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

10. Rom 8: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

11. 5 Take note that Paul’s SALVATION experience was different than most others.

12. 6 Take note of Paul’s DISCIPLESHIP experience.

13. 7 Take note that Paul’s GOSPEL is now taught to him by JESUS.
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to
my gospel.

14. Act 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord
Act 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
Act 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

15. 8 Paul now testifies as to how the message of the Gospel had brought RADICAL change into his life
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

16. 9 True conversion to Christ includes two important elements, REPENTANCE and FAITH
Act 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

17. 10 The word but signals Gods intervention in Paul’s life in being chosen before he was born to be the Apostle to the GENTILES.

18. 11 Paul went to ARABIA and spent THREE YEARS with Christ in Mt. Sinai.

21. 12 Take note the direct reference in Gal 1:16 to what Jesus said to PETER in Math 16:17-19; the keys were being TRANSFERRED from Paul (the apostle of the Gentiles) from Peter (Apostle of the Jews because the transition was almost complete.
Mat 16: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.