INTUITION, the ANOINTING and DISCERNMENT

1 JOHN 2:27 TPT

But the wonderful ANOINTING you have received from God is so much greater than their DECEPTION and now lives in you.

There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you.

HIS anointing TEACHES you all that you need to know, for it will lead you into TRUTH, NOT a COUNTERFEIT.

So just as the anointing has taught you, remain in him.

If we read the context of 1 John 2, we will see that the apostle spoke about many false teachings and antichrists.

He was saying that since the believers have received the anointing from the Holy One, who abides in them, THIS ANOINTING will spontaneously TEACH them

• what is the TRUTH,

• what is a LIE,

• who is for Christ,

• and who is antichrist.

There is no need for man to teach or speak anything;

the anointing that abides within will TEACH SPONTANEOUSLY.

This SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT is greatly needed today.

We DO NOT NEED

• to reference many theological books,

• reason,

• compare,

• research,

• observe,

• and think with our intellect

before we can understand what is a LIE and what is the TRUTH.

If we have to do this, no one except knowledgeable and intellectual believers would be able to save themselves from deceptions.

God has no respect for man's old creation.

Besides the SPIRIT of the NEW CREATION, everything is dead in His eyes and should be done away with.

Can the mental capacity, which God insists on abolishing,

help man distinguish between right and wrong?

NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Rather, GOD puts HIS SPIRIT in the SPIRIT of EVERY BELIEVER, regardless of how ignorant or foolish he may be,

• in order to TEACH him WHAT IS and IS NOT of HIM.

Therefore, even though there are many times when we cannot find a REASON to oppose a certain teaching, there is a SENSE of disapproving in the deepest part of our being.

We do not know the reason, but our INNER SENSE tells us that this is wrong.

Sometimes we hear a teaching that is completely different from what we usually hold and which we do not wish to follow;

yet WITHIN us there is a small voice persistently telling us that this is the right way and that we should walk in it.

Immediate knowing is from deep inside.

Although we may have many REASONS to oppose it, and although our REASONING may win,

• this small voice of the INTUITION WITHIN is always speaking to us and always telling us that we are wrong.

These experiences show us that our INTUITION—the organ where the Holy Spirit works—is ABLE to DISTINGUISH between right and wrong.

It DOES NOT NEED any assistance from the observation and study of the mind.

Regardless of a believer's natural upbringing, he can always be taught by the anointing as long as he is SINCERE, DESIROUS, and FAITHFUL to FOLLOW the LORD.

In spiritual matters the most educated doctor and most unlearned villager are equally foolish.

Many times the educated one makes more mistakes than the unlearned one.

Today false teachings are quite prevalent.

Many people use guileful words to DISGUISE their LIES as truths.

Hence, there is the need of DISCERNMENT in the SPIRIT concerning what is right and wrong.

The best teachings, the most clever mind, and the most experienced advisors are all unreliable;

ONLY THOSE who FOLLOW the TEACHING of the HOLY SPIRIT in the INTUITION will be saved from

• BEING DECEIVED by today's theological confusions and the many heresies, miracles, and wonders.

We should continually ask the Lord to make our SPIRIT more active and pure;

• we should also FOLLOW the small voice that comes from our intuition.

We should NOT NEGLECT its warning because some others have greater knowledge.

Otherwise, we will either be trapped into heresy or become fanatical.

If we do not calmly follow the teaching of the anointing which comes from this small voice, we will be DISTRACTED by a CONFUSED EMOTION and CLAMOROUS MIND.

DEALING with OTHERS

This ANOINTING also teaches us to deal with people.

We should not criticize a person, but we should definitely know him in order to learn how to associate with him or help him.

The common way to accomplish this is to examine a person by observing and studying him.

But even this can often lead us the wrong way.

We do not say that this is absolutely useless, but it is only secondary.

A pure spirit usually brings the right discernment.

Some of us can remember that as children, we could often make very accurate assertions about people we saw.

A long time has passed, and our knowledge, experience, and power of observation have all increased, yet our ability to know people does not seem any better than before.

At that time we did not know why we made those assertions; something seemed to be in our heart, but we could not utter it with our mouth.

Time has passed, and everything has changed.

Now the facts have proven that our "feeling" was correct.

We did not make those assertions through drawn out investigations and inquiries; nor could we even give any evidence or reason for our assertions.

This is the work of a pure intuition even though it is still natural.

Nevertheless, the Lord wants us to regard the things of God in the same way.

Our spirit should be converted, and we must become as little children.

Only then will we have the clear knowledge from God.

Let us look at the life of the Lord Jesus.

"And immediately Jesus, KNOWING FULLY in HIS SPIRIT that they were reasoning this way within themselves, said to them..." (Mark 2:8).

MARK 2:8 AMPC

And at once Jesus, becoming FULLY AWARE (REALIZED) in HIS SPIRIT that they thus debated within themselves, said to them, Why do you argue (debate, reason) about all this in your hearts?

This verse shows us the operation of intuition.

It does not say that the Lord Jesus had a thought or feeling in His heart, nor does it say that the Holy Spirit told Him so.

The faculty of HIS SPIRIT demonstrated its perfect ability.

The SENSE of the SPIRIT in the man Jesus Christ was very PURE, SHARP, and EXALTED;

He KNEW in HIS SPIRIT the reasonings of the surrounding people.

He THEN spoke to them ACCORDING to WHAT He had PERCEIVED in His INTUITION.

THIS SHOULD BE the normal spiritual life of every spiritual person.

The Holy Spirit dwells in our spirit;

He enables our spirit to be fully operative and full of the power of knowledge.

In this way, He regulates our whole being.

Just as the human spirit of the Lord Jesus was working when He was on the earth,

OUR SPIRIT should be working through the HOLY SPIRIT who indwells us.

Meaning of DISCERNMENT

Cognate:

1253 diákrisis (from 1252 /diakrínō, see there) – properly, a thorough judgment,

i.e. a discernment (conclusion) which

• DISTINGUISHES "LOOK-ALIKES," i.e. things that APPEAR  to be the same.

(Note the intensifying force of the prefix, dia.)

See also 1252 (diakrínō).

Example: Heb 5:14:

"But solid food relates to mature people (5046/téleios), of those having the SENSE-FACULTIES TRAINED ('EXERCISED,' Gk perfect tense) on account of the habit – [namely] for (4314 /prós) DISCERNMENT  (1253 /diákrisis), of both GOOD ('in combination with,' 5037/té] and [what is] MISERABLY-BAD.“

G145 senses

Original: αἰσθητήριον

Transliteration: aisthētērion

Phonetic: ahee-sthay-tay'-ree-on

Strong's Definition: From a derivative of G143; properly an organ of PERCEPTION, that is, (figuratively) judgment: - senses.

In this world there are lies, deception, half truths.

HOW to discern?

JOHN 17:16-17 AMP

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the TRUTH [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy];

YOUR WORD is TRUTH.

JOHN 16:13 TPT

But when the TRUTH-GIVING SPIRIT comes, he will UNVEIL the REALITY of EVERY TRUTH • WITHIN YOU.

(But when He, the SPIRIT of TRUTH, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth])

He won’t speak on his own, but only what he hears from the Father, and he will reveal prophetically to you what is to come.

1 JOHN 2:27 TPT

But the wonderful ANOINTING you have received from GOD is so MUCH GREATER than their deception and

• NOW LIVES IN YOU.

There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you.

HIS ANOINTING teaches you all that you need to know, for it will LEAD you into TRUTH, not a counterfeit.

So just as the anointing has taught you, REMAIN in HIM.