INTUITION and REVELATION(Part 1)

The KNOWLEDGE of things through the INTUITION is what the Bible calls REVELATION.

Revelation means nothing less than

• the Holy Spirit REVEALING the REALITY of a matter

• in a believer's SPIRIT and

• causing him to KNOW such a matter.

There is only one kind of knowledge, concerning either the Bible or God, that is worthwhile:

it is the TRUTH

• REVEALED by

• the HOLY SPIRIT

• in OUR SPIRIT.

God does not explain what He is to man's intellect all at once, neither can man know God all at once through his intellect.

No matter how wise a man's intellect is, and no matter how much he understands about God, his understanding is always veiled.

He can only make inferences with his intellect about the things behind the veil; he does not see the actual things behind the veil.

He has not yet "seen," so he can only "understand" and not "know."

2 CORINTHIANS 3:13-14 TPT

We are not like Moses, who used a veil to hide the glory to keep the Israelites from staring at him as it faded away.

Their minds were closed and hardened, for even to this day that same veil comes over their minds when they hear the words of the former covenant.

The veil has not yet been lifted from them, for it is only eliminated when one is joined to the Messiah.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:15-16 TPT

So until now, whenever the Old Testament is being read,

the same blinding comes over their hearts.

But the moment one TURNS to the LORD with an OPEN HEART, the veil is lifted and they SEE.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 TPT

Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and

• wherever HE is LORD, there is freedom.

If Christianity is not a revelation

— a personal revelation

— it is worth nothing at all.

Everyone who believes in God must receive HIS REVELATION in his SPIRIT;

otherwise, he will believe in NOTHING MORE than human wisdom, ideals, and words, and not in God Himself.

This kind of faith will not stand in times of temptation.

Revelation is not a vision, a voice from heaven, a dream, or an external power which shakes one's body.

All these may happen to a person without him receiving any revelation.

Revelation is something in the intuition;

it is quiet, neither slow nor quick;

it appears to be a voice and yet not a voice.

Many people call themselves Christians, yet what they believe in is just human philosophies, ethics, articles of truth, or some supernatural occurrences.

Believing these things will not bring about a new birth;

it will not give a person a new spirit.

Although these kind of "Christians" are very numerous today,

their spiritual usefulness is altogether NIL.

God gives grace to all those who have accepted Christ and causes them to

• SEE in their SPIRIT

• the REALITY of the SPIRITUAL realm

as if a veil has been removed from before them.

Subsequently, what they know is FAR DEEPER than what they understood in their mind.

The things they understood and perceived in the past seem to have a NEW MEANING.

Everything is transparent and known for certain because they have "SEEN" it in the SPIRIT.

JOHN 3:5-6 TPT

Jesus answered, “I speak an eternal truth: Unless you are born of water and the Spirit, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

For the natural realm only gives birth to things that are natural, but the SPIRITUAL REALM gives birth to SUPERNATURAL LIFE!

JOHN 3:7-8 TPT

“You shouldn’t be amazed by my statement,

‘You all must be born from above!’

For the Spirit-Wind blows as it chooses.

You can hear its sound, but you don’t know where it came from or where it’s going.

So it is the same with those who are Spirit-born!”

JOHN 3:9-10 TPT

Nicodemus replied, “I don’t understand; what do you mean?

How does this happen?”

Jesus answered, “Nicodemus, aren’t you the respected teacher in Israel, and yet you don’t understand this revelation?

JOHN 3:11 TPT

I speak eternal truths about things I know, things I’ve SEEN and experienced—and still you don’t accept what I REVEAL.

JOHN 3:12-13 TPT

If you’re unable to believe what I’ve told you about the natural realm, what will you do when I begin to unveil the heavenly realm?

No one has risen into the heavenly realm except the Son of Man who also exists in heaven.”

This is Christianity.

Intellectual pursuit will never save people;

ONLY REVELATION

•  in the SPIRIT

• will grant men genuine knowledge of God.

Eternal life

Today many people speak about eternal life through faith.

But what is the eternal life which we receive?

While it refers to blessings in the future, what does eternal life mean for today?

JOHN 17:3 TPT

Eternal life means

• to KNOW and EXPERIENCE you as the ONLY TRUE GOD, and

• to KNOW and EXPERIENCE JESUS CHRIST, as the Son whom you have sent.

Eternal life in this age is the ABILITY to KNOW GOD and the LORD JESUS.

This is very real.

Saying that everyone who believes in the Lord receives eternal life means that he receives an INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE of GOD which he did not have before.

"Eternal life through faith" is not a slogan.

Rather, it is something that can be proven in this age.

Those who do not have this life — the eternal life — may infer things concerning God, but they do not have a personal knowledge of God.

Only after one obtains this new life and has been regenerated, can he truly know God through his intuition.

He may understand the Bible, yet his spirit still remains dead.

He can familiarize himself with theology, yet he is not regenerated in his spirit.

He may enthusiastically serve "in the name of the Lord;" however, there is no regeneration of a new life in his spirit.

The Bible tells us that man cannot find out God by searching.

JOB 11:7 NKJV

“Can you search out the deep things of God?

Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

Everything done through the mind CANNOT bring us to the knowledge of God.

Apart from man's spirit, man CANNOT know God;

• he CANNOT know God with his mentality.

In the Bible we see ONLY ONE kind of knowledge:

• the intuition in the spirit.

The proper guidance

Not only should believers receive their initial knowledge through the spirit,

they should CONTINUE in THIS WAY ALL the TIME.

In the Christian life, other than the revelation one receives in his intuition,

• NOTHING else has any spiritual significance because

• NONE of the other things are of the spirit.

Since they are NOT of the spirit,

• they are NOT the WILL of God;

God ONLY REVEALS the things concerning HIS WILL to us in our SPIRIT.

Anything that we think, prefer, and decide,

• apart from the revelation of the spirit,

• is dead in God's eyes.

A believer may act according to sudden thoughts, ideas that come after a prayer, a so-called burning in the heart, natural inclinations, strong reasons, or his logical judgments.

These are all just the activities of the old man.

God's will is NOT known through such thoughts, feelings, or preferences.

God only reveals His will in man's spirit.

Anything not revealed through the spirit is self-activity.

God never reveals His will to man's mind.

Revelation is of the Holy Spirit and in man's spirit.

Man's spirit knows and receives God's will through the intuition.

After this, it transmits the will of God to the mind for its understanding.

The mind is where we can understand God's will, yet it can never be the source of God's will.

God's will originates from God and is revealed to man's spirit by the Holy Spirit.

The spirit, in turn, causes the outward man to understand through the mind what the inward man already knows.

In this way, the outward man knows how to carry out God's will.

If a believer does not seek after God's will in his spirit, but exercises his mind all the time, he will be lost all the time and not know what to follow.

Our minds continually fluctuate.

Those who walk according to their mind CANNOT, even for a moment,

say from their heart, "I know with certainty that this is God's will."

• ONLY those who receive REVELATION in their SPIRIT will have a DEEP CONFIDENCE;

• ONLY they will KNOW and be fully assured of what they are doing.

2 TIMOTHY 1:12 TPT

The CONFIDENCE of my CALLING

• enables me to overcome every difficulty without shame,

• for I have an INTIMATE REVELATION of this GOD.

And my FAITH in HIM convinces me that he is more than able to keep all that I’ve placed in his hands safe and secure until the fullness of his appearing.