Welcome to After the Fact, a Knowing Faith mini-episode where we look to take a big

question and address it in just a few minutes. Typically the questions we consider will

line up with our larger topic for the season that's certainly true for our time today.

We're discussing Genesis 12 through 50 on Knowing Faith this season and joining us today

is Dr. James Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton is Professor of Biblical theology at the Southern Baptist

Theological Seminary, the author of several books including but not limited to what is

Biblical theology, the Bible's big story, Salvation History for Kids, and God's

Indwelling Presence, the Ministry of the Holy Spirit, and the Old and New Testaments,

which we'll touch on a little bit today. He also serves as the Preaching Pastor at

Kinwood Baptist Church. Dr. Hamilton, welcome to After the Fact. Thanks for joining us.

Really glad to be here. Thanks for having me.

All right, so here's a big question. Did the Holy Spirit in dwell Abraham?

I don't think so. I do think that what Genesis indicates in Genesis 8, I think it's

first 21 after the flood. So, you know, before the flood in Genesis 6, God saw that the

thoughts of man's heart were only evil all the time. And then after the flood, I believe

that Genesis 8, 21, there's a statement basically saying the same thing that the Lord,

you know, he looks on the heart of man and he sees that they're only evil all the time.

And so I do think that some sort of spirit-empowered renewal had to have taken place within

Abraham. And I would locate that as circumcision of the heart. So I know that that's an

eschatological promise that God will circumcise the hearts of his people. But I think nevertheless,

that God did, he must have done something like that in order to enable people to believe.

Right. But then I think that God in the old covenant, he seems to take up residence

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