Separated Unto Salvation

The Apostle Paul's salvation took place, as it says here, "when it pleased God". Actually, we are told, God separated Paul from his mother's womb, from before he was born he was set apart to salvation and to all that he would do for God, and then many years later, on a particular day, God called him through His grace, to reveal His Son in Paul, so that he might preach Him among the Gentiles. All of this is God's loving providential work which displayed His everlasting love for Paul, even when he was a sinner, even from before he was born, God had this great purpose in salvation which would be displayed in him. The same is true for all that are called by God unto salvation; although not so dramatic as Paul's conversion was, yet nevertheless, all of the acts of salvation are most certainly displayed in the conversion of any sinner, as being His handiwork, and according to His purposes.