OT Saints: Indwelt by the Spirit?

…there are three reasons why we can affirm the Spirit’s indwelling of OT saints: regeneration, sanctification, and empowerment.

via OT Saints: Indwelt by the Spirit?.

I was actually just thinking about this the other night, while reading through Ezekiel 2-3. I’d heard the argument before that Old Testament saints were NOT indwelt by the Spirit ever, that that Spirit merely “came upon” them.

The text, however, shows otherwise:

Ezekiel 2:2

And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. (ESV)

Ezekiel 3:24

24 But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your house. (ESV)

1 Comment

  1. Wes
    Sep 28, 2009

    Funny you should bring this up…

    In light of some people I know being, uh, creative in their explanation of grace, and the usefulness (or lack thereof) of the Old Testament, it has occurred to me that I cannot articulate the differences between OT believer’s realities and NT believer’s realities as glibly as I had previously thought. This is precisely one of the examples that came to mind.

    Some things are obvious – Will give a heart of flesh for instance, but I bet it would make a great study, and such an understanding may help the body recover the understanding doctrine of regeneration from its current dismal state.

    Thanks James.

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