Recently I have been part of and overheard several conversations involving intuition vs Holy Spirit. Then I saw some comments in a group on Face Book about
trusting in your own intuition…higher wisdom…conscience... to lead you through
life. Some of the answers and comments I
read were interesting and some concerning, but it certainly begs the questions…what
exactly is “intuition”? And is “being moral” an acceptable standard to
God? (Sacred Echo)
God has given us common sense at birth. We are born with it. (Granted, some more than others it seems). As we age and mature, we develop the ability
to use our five senses to discern a situation and act accordingly. We “learn” our morals. As Christians, after accepting Jesus Christ
as Savior and receiving the Holy Spirit into our lives we then also have God’s direct guidance into
our lives. The Holy Spirit is God. He takes up residence in us when we accept His
gift of salvation. When we receive new life from God our intuition is resurrected.
But the Helper, the
Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all
things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:26
Do you not know that your body is
the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you
are not your own? I Corinthians
6:19
If we reduce the function of the Holy Spirit to either
intuition or reasoning skills, we are denying that the Holy Spirit truly is the
Spirit of God!
What then are people who are thinking in more “New Age” terms
meaning when they say they are using their “intuition”? Essentially, they are
using the term “intuition” to mean their higher self. Trusting intuition in this way is a slippery slope. Opening our minds in this way, we are
susceptible to the deception of demonic spirit beings masquerading as angels of
light.
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.
I Corinthians 2:14
To know things in our intuition is what the Bible calls revelation. Revelation is the Holy Spirit enabling a believer to apprehend a particular matter by indicating the reality of it to his spirit. God does not reveal himself via man's reasoning or rationalization. The Holy Spirit enables our spirit.
So can I be just a "good
moral person" and go to heaven?
No. To think that one can be saved
as a good moral person is to think that one can be saved apart from the blood
of Christ. New birth is not just a term, nor is it purely a moral alteration but the life of God actually enters our spirit and quickens our intuition.
Who defines "a good moral
person"? In other words, how good is good? Is the standard different for
each person? Most likely, in the eyes of the one who has determined for
themself that that they are "good moral persons," it is a standard
that each has set for himself. Undoubtedly it has been set at a level
that they know they can reach. If God is to determine that which constitutes a
"good moral person," we have already failed the test, "for all
have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
