John 14:16-17 (NKJV) And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
We are three-part beings, consisting of spirit, soul and body. We need to learn to identify and be aware of the spiritual aspect of our being in order to know how the Holy Spirit speaks and leads.
Our physical body enables us to connect with the physical world through our five senses, and it behaves according to what our soul or “spirit man” dictates. The body is temporal, corruptible and mortal. In general, people tend to focus on the body and develop the soul, while neglecting the “spirit man”. However, being driven by information that our senses feed us will cause us to be reactionary and make us susceptible to all sorts of emotions. We need to learn to tune in to what the Holy Spirit is saying to our “spirit man” because He is omniscient. Once we are led by His peace instead of our senses, we will experience peace in spite of negative reports we receive. Likewise, the Holy Spirit can also speak to us through an uneasiness in our spirit or prod us with an urgency to act even when everything in the natural seems normal.
Our soul comprises of our mind, intellect, will, emotions and personality. Unless constantly renewed by the Word of God, our mind can hinder us from hearing God clearly or trusting His guidance due to scepticism or past experiences. A tussle between what the flesh and the Holy Spirit want is expected. The soul is self-centred because it is used to reigning over and dictating our lives. Even believers can get into a rage, lose self-control or yield to temptation when provoked, thus grieving the Holy Spirit. However, we have a redeemed personality if we would allow the Holy Spirit to empower our spirit man, rather than our flesh, to reign.
Finally, the “spirit man” or the “inner man” is the heart of one who is a new creation. God is Spirit and He speaks to our spirit man. It is the heart that is sensitive to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can communicate with us anytime because we are connected to Him through our “inner man”, but we need to learn to identify His voice. Generally speaking, the “spirit man” is located at our belly, hence we will sense the inner witness of the Holy Spirit there, whether it is the peace to do something or an inexplicably unsettling feeling regarding a matter.
Sermon Series: How to be led by the Holy Spirit in your daily life? (Part 1)
提升对圣灵的敏锐度
约翰福音14:16-17 我要求父，父就另外赐给你们一位保惠师，叫他永远与你们同在， 就是真理的圣灵，乃世人不能接受的；因为不见他，也不认识他。你们却认识他，因他常与你们同在，也要在你们里面。
人是由三部分组成，即灵、魂和体。唯有我们找寻到自己在属灵里的身份认同的时候,我们才有可能了解圣灵如何与我们交通并如何带领我们。
我们的身体使我们能够通过五种感官与物质世界相连。身体的行为取决于我们的魂或灵人的指示。这个身体是短暂的，可朽坏的，会死的。一般来说，人们会过分关注于自己的身体，加强自己的魂，却忽视了内在灵人。被经由感官获取的信息所驱动会使我们容易受到恐惧的影响。因此，我们需要学习去适应神的灵对我们的内在灵人所说的话，因为祂是无所不知的。一旦我们被祂的平安而不是我们的感官所带领，我们就会在心中经历来自圣灵的平安，即便是听到了所有的负面报道。从另一方面来说，有时候尽管自然界中的一切似乎都是正常的，我们可能会感到采取行动或做某事的紧迫感，因为我们感到在灵里的不安，这是一种警示。
我们的魂由我们的思想、智力、意志、情感和个性组成。如果我们持有怀疑态度，它可能会阻碍我们清楚地听到神或信靠祂的带领。在肉体想要做什么和圣灵促使我们做正确的事情之间，将会有一场争斗。魂是以自我中心的，因為它習慣於統治和支配我們的生活，但如果我們無法控制自己的情緒，就可能會造成混亂，這解釋了即使是信徒在被激怒時也可能陷入憤怒，從而使聖靈感到悲傷。如果我们允许圣灵赐我们能力使我们掌管肉体，我们就有了被救赎的人格。除非我们像现在这样用神的话语更新我们的思想，否则我们的思想将阻碍我们对圣灵的理解。
最后,我们的灵人是人的内心，是一个新造的人。神就是灵。祂会和我们的内在灵人说话。对圣灵有高敏锐度的正是我们的内心。圣灵在任何时候都能够一直与我们沟通，因为我们通过内在的人与圣灵相连，我们需要学习如何辨别圣灵的声音。一般来说，灵人/内在的人/内在灵人位于我们的腹部，我们感知圣灵内在见证的部位在腹部位置，无论这是针对做某件事情所感到的平安或还是我们心中对某件事的莫名的不安。
讲章系列：如何每日被圣灵引导？(第一部分)
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