The Holy Spirit's
Ministry of Regeneration
in the Old Testament

by

Robert J. Dunzweller

1969


Copyright © 2005 by Ruth Dunzweiler.

CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION 1  001  002  003  004  005

I. A SURVEY OF HISTORICAL VIEWS BEARING ON THE QUESTION 5

    The View of John Calvin 5  005  006  007
    The View of Puritan Writers 7  007  008
    The View of Certain Old Testament Theologians 8  008  009
    The View of Abraham Kuyper 9  009  010  011
    The View of Various Non-Dispensational Writers to the Present 11  011  012  013  014  015  016
    The View of Dispensational Writers 16  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026

II. AN EXAMINATION OF EXEGETICAL DATA RELEVANT TO THE QUESTION 26

    Uses of Ruach in the Old Testament 26  026  027
    Uses of Ruach which Refer to the Holy Spirit 27  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034
    The Spirit's Ministries To or In Persons 34  034  035  036
    The Effects of the Spirit's Relationships upon the Individual 36  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044
    An Examination of Three Apparently Relevant References 44  044  045  046  047  048
    The Scriptures Predicting the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit 48  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060

III. A SYSTEMATIC CORRELATION OF THEOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF THE QUESTION 60

    The Relationship of the Holy Spirit to Regeneration 60  060  061  062  063  064
    The Presence of the Holy Spirit in the World 64  064  065  066  067  068  069  070
    The Relationship Between Depravity and the Necesssity of Regeneration 70  070  071  072  073
    Some Problems Raised by Viewing Old Testament Believers as Unregenerate 73  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084

CONCLUSION 84  084  085  086  087  088  089

BIBLIOGRAPHY 89-94  089  090  091  092  093  094