LESSON 3

Is the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament?

The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

• Mentioned 88 times• Found in 23 books• Missing in 16 books• Called by several different names• Identified as a

separate person

Why is the scarce mention of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

and abundant mention in the New Testament?

The Dispensations of the Godhead

• God the Father—From creation to the coming of Christ (Heb. 1:1)

• God the Son—From the Word becoming flesh to the Ascension

• God the Spirit—From Pentecost to the Judgment

What did the Holy Spirit do in the Old Testament?

The Works of the HS in the OT• Creation (Job 26:13, Gen 1:2, 26)• Protected Scripture (2 Pet 1:21, Mt. 22:43-44)• Revealed the Unknowable (Dan. 2:28, 4:8)• Guided Speakers (2 Sam. 23:2)• Enabled Talents (Ex. 31:1-5)• Strengthened Leaders

(Jud. 3:10; 6:34)• Stimulated Courage

(2 Chron. 24:20-21)

Persons with the HS in the OT

• Not all possessed the Holy Spirit• Those that did, He endowed them with a

supernatural measure of the Spirit’s power.

• Some, who had the Holy Sprit, lost the Him and His power. (I Sam. 16:14; Psa. 51:11)

Review

• The Holy Spirit is a part of the Godhead.

• The Holy Spirit is a Person• The Holy Spirit was active in the

Old Testament.• Next week:

Holy Spirit in the NT