1 Corinthians 4:14 (NKJV) But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
We are a three-part being, comprising of spirit, body, and soul. If we want to know how the Holy Spirit speaks to us, we must identify ourselves in the spirit being.
Our “spirit man” is a new creation. Because God is Spirit, He will speak to our “spirit man”. The heart, “inner man” and “spirit man” are all interchangeable. It is the “inner man” that is sensitive to the Holy Spirit. He can communicate with us at all times because we are connected to the Holy Spirit through the “inner man”, but we need to learn how to identify His voice because all of us are so used to reacting in the flesh and our senses.
Generally speaking, the “spirit man” is located in our belly because it does not refer to our physical heart. We will sense the inner witness of the Holy Spirit near where our belly is located. If it is a warning, we will experience an inexplicable unsettling in our hearts even when everything may seem good to our minds, especially if supported by data and reports. If it is a release to do something, we will experience the peace to proceed. Both are always felt near the belly area.
Before we were saved, we may not have understood spiritual things because the opening Scripture says that they are spiritually discerned, but after we have been saved, we will be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit concerning what is right and wrong, because our conscience has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Nonetheless, we must be open to learning about spiritual things and the work of the Holy Spirit.
Another struggle is that we do not see the Holy Spirit, nor do we know of His ways. Therefore, we must have a good foundation of the Word of God. Otherwise, how will we know if what we think we are receiving from the Lord is correct? No matter how educated we are, our minds are still finite. Therefore, we will have difficulty understanding the things of the Spirit of God because we need to use the “spirit man” to discern them.
The “spirit man” longs for God and loves to worship God. The spirit is eternal, but it looks exactly like our physical body in the spiritual realm. The spirit is the “real us” which is the core of our being, through which the Holy Spirit leads us. We need to be conscious that God is inside us through the Holy Spirit. He is with us and our designated helper, but we must tap into His help.
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“灵人”
哥林多前书2：14 然而，属血气的人不领会神圣灵的事，反倒以为愚拙，并且不能知道，因为这些事惟有属灵的人才能看透。
我们由三部分组成，包含灵、魂和体。如果要知道圣灵如何对我们说话，我们需要认同我们的灵。
我们的“灵人”是一个新造的人。因为上帝是灵，祂会对我们的灵说话。我们的心、“内在灵人”和“灵人”都是可以互换的。敏锐于圣灵的是“内在灵人”。他能够随时与我们交流，因为我们是藉着“内在灵人”与圣灵连结。但我们需要学会识别圣灵的声音，因为我们已经习惯了用肉体和感官做出反应。
一般来说，”灵人”位于我们的腹部，因为它并不指肉体的心脏。我们会在腹部的附近感觉到圣灵内住的见证。如果是一个警告，我们会对某事感到莫名不安，哪怕一切按逻辑来说是很好的，特别是当所有的数据和报告都看起来不错，但不知怎么的，你感觉有些不对劲。如果是让我们采取一些必要的行动，我们会有内在的平安去进行。这两种都是在腹部附近感觉到。
在我们得救之前，我们可能不理解属灵的事，因为在之前的经文中提到这些事惟有属灵的人才能看透。可是在我们得救后，我们在分辨对错时会对圣灵更加敏感， 因为我们的良心已经被耶稣基督的宝血洁净了。尽管如此，我们需要对学习属灵的事和圣灵的动工持开放的态度。
另外一种挣扎是我们肉眼看不见圣灵，我们也不清楚祂的作为。因此我们对上帝的话语要有良好的基础。否则我们怎么知道我们从主那里所领收的是否正确呢？无论我们受过多好的教育，我们的思想仍然是有限的。因此，我们很难明白关乎圣灵的事，因为我们需要用“灵人“才能辨别它们。
“灵人”渴望上帝，也喜欢敬拜上帝。灵是永恒的，但在属灵领域中它看起来就像我们的肉体一样。灵是“真实的我们”，是我们整个人的核心，。圣灵通过它来引导我们。我们需要觉察到上帝透过圣灵住在我们里面。祂与我们同在也是特派给我们的帮助者，但我们必须依靠祂的帮助。
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