No, Paul was βa blasphemerβ (I Tim. 1:13) who, as a strict,Β Law-abiding Pharisee (Acts 26:5), would never blasphemeΒ the Father, but was among those who blasphemed the SpiritΒ when they stoned Stephen (Acts 7:51-8:1). This rendered himΒ ineligible for salvation under the kingdom program, for theΒ Lord had warned, βhim that blasphemeth against the HolyΒ GhostΒ it shall not be forgivenβ (Luke 12:10).
How then could God save Saul? Well, remember that theΒ Lord had warned, βwhosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost,Β it shall not be forgiven him,Β neither in this world, neither in theΒ world to comeβ (Matt. 12:32). The nation of Israel blasphemedΒ the Spirit in the world that the Lord spoke of as βthis worldβΒ when they rejected Stephen, a man filled with the Spirit (ActsΒ 7:55). βThe world to comeβ is defined in Hebrews 2:5 as theΒ kingdom, the βworldβ which God will βput in subjectionβ underΒ Christ, where people will fully know βthe powers of the worldΒ to comeβ (Heb. 6:5) that they only tasted at Pentecost.
Since blasphemy against the Spirit was unforgivable in bothΒ those worlds, we know Saul was saved under the program ofΒ a wholeΒ newΒ world, the dispensation of grace, βthis worldβ inΒ which we live (Eph. 1:21), βthis present worldβ in which we areΒ to walk and please God (Titus 2:12). source