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A lot of people get, you know, kind of caught up or stuck on these passages When referring to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit of the New Testament believers Versus the fact that the Old Testament believers did not have that indwelling And you know who capitalizes on this is who? dispensationalists You know dispensationalists will say this proves that salvation was different In the Old Testament than it is in the New Testament under the gospel of grace Because of the fact that You know in order to have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us. We need to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ Well, if they believed on the Lord back then But they didn't have the indwelling Holy Spirit. It shows you that it was a different gospel It was a gospel that said you have to believe on the Lord, but you also have to do the animal sacrifices And the ordinances and all this stuff Now this is completely false and all it takes is just a casual study of the Holy Spirit to understand why that was. Okay Now go with me if you went to John chapter 7 John chapter 7 You see the Holy Spirit was definitely present in the Old Testament We see him coming upon different believers Saul, you know, we see him coming upon Samson upon Moses upon David now. Yeah, he did not indwell The believers he would come upon them, but the Bible actually says that he dwelt with them So he didn't dwell in them, but the Bible does say that he dwelled with them the difference is he was not within them Now look what it says in John chapter 7 verse 38 He that believeth on me as the scripture had said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water But this he spake of the spirit Which they that believe on him should receive for the Holy Ghost was not yet given because that Jesus was not yet glorified Isn't that interesting? Because keep in mind Matthew Mark Luke and John physically in our Bibles is in the New Testament But the events within Matthew Mark Luke and John is actually considered Old Testament New Testament doesn't begin until the death of Christ the death of the testator at that point you have the New Covenant So when this is being said It's not the New Testament. It's actually still the Old Testament and this is why he's saying hey, you know You guys are going to receive the Holy Ghost when i'm glorified but notice that it says on them that what believe Does it say on them that believe and keep the sacrifices and the ordinances No, because we see here that it's still by faith. It's always been by faith. Okay Go to John chapter 14 John chapter 14 Now in John chapter 20, we see that Jesus Christ Breeds on his disciples and says unto them receive you the Holy Ghost because at that point he's glorified So he gives them the Holy Ghost he indwells them at that point Look what it says in John 14 and verse 16 It says and I will pray the father and he shall give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever Even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him, but ye know him For he dwelleth with you and shall be in you So here's the thing the Holy Spirit was not some enigma To the believers in the Old Testament because here it says that they knew him Right because in order for any believer in the Old Testament including these disciples to do any type of work They have to be filled with the spirit And mark it down the Holy Spirit when he would come upon believers. He would fill the believers He just wouldn't dwell within them. But here it says for he dwells with you and shall be in You okay And here's what they'll say Well, that's proof brother. Mahia You know that salvation was different because you have to believe on Jesus Christ in the New Testament Saluter, you know in order for you to have the indwelling Holy Spirit in you But these guys are cunning aren't they they're crafty You know and they play on the ignorance of people to try to teach their false doctrine So how do we explain this then? Why didn't he not indwell the believers in the Old Testament? But now he indwells the believers in the New Testament even though it's by faith alone in both. Why is that? Well, it's a simple explanation like this. He would dwell with the believers Yeah, he would dwell with the believers. He didn't dwell within them because his Permanent dwelling place so to speak on earth was what the tabernacle? the temple That's where the presence of God was, right? So the presence of God was in the tabernacle and once the tabernacle was done And they they edified the temple that's where the presence of God was during the Old Testament now when the New Testament came along The temple was no longer sanctioned by God In fact, the Bible says that when Jesus Christ died, the temple was rent and twain from top to bottom Now if the presence of God the Holy Spirit dwelled in the tabernacle and in the temple in the Old Testament What does the Bible refer to as the tabernacle and the temple in the New Testament our bodies? That's all it is So in the New Testament the Bible says know ye not that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost Which ye have of God and ye are not your own. So look folks the reason why the Holy Spirit Did not indwell them is because he was dwelling within the tabernacle and the temple and once that was vacated And once that was done the Holy Spirit vacated the temple in the tabernacle and indwelt us which the Bible refers to as the tabernacle And the temple of the Holy Ghost simple as that And has nothing to do with salvation zero to do with salvation