Intuition 301
Many years later our “sense” of that time was shown to have been
correct. As a child we never spoke out after once having carefully
investigated or inquired, nor could we have ever given any good
reason for so speaking. What was it then? It was the operation of a
pure intuition. Obviously the example we have just set forth pertains
to the natural. Nonetheless, in the things of God our spiritual
condition must be converted and become as a little child if we desire
to discern spiritually.
Let us observe our Lord Jesus. “And immediately Jesus,
perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves,
said to them” (Mark 2.8 ). Do we not see there the working of
intuition? The Scripture does not state that the Lord Jesus thought or
felt in his heart nor does it say the Holy Spirit told Him. It was His
spirit that displayed this perfect ability. The spiritual sense in the
man Jesus Christ was exceedingly pure, sensitive and noble; hence
His spirit detected immediately how the surrounding people
questioned in their heart. He spoke to them according to what He
intuitively knew. This ought to be the normal condition of every
spiritual person. Our spirit indwelt by the Holy Spirit is free to work
and, filled with the power of knowledge, it can exercise control over
our whole being. Just as the human spirit of the Lord Jesus operated
during His earthly pilgrimage, even so shall our spirit be activated by
the indwelling Spirit.
RevelationTo know things in our intuition is what the Bible calls revelation.
Revelation has no other meaning than that the Holy Spirit enables a
believer to apprehend a particular matter by indicating the reality of
it to his spirit. There is but one kind of knowledge concerning either
the Bible or God which is valuable, and that is the truth revealed to
our spirit by God’s Spirit. God does not explain Himself via man’s
reasoning; never does man come to know God through