How to ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING (PART 3)

So how do you always follow the Spirit?  There are three levels:

1.       Conscience

2.       Intuition

3.       Communion

Whether you are a believer or unbeliever in Christ, The Spirit of God will lead you through your conscience.  If you are an unbeliever, He will lead you to salvation.  The Apostle Paul says that the conscience of unbelievers reveal to them the law of God, condemning or condoning their behavior.  But the unbeliever, being separated from God, will never be at peace until reconciled to God through faith in Christ.  His conscience will lead him to the despair of damnation, seeking the forgiveness of salvation that only comes through Christ. 

If you are believer, He will lead you to sanctification, as it is written by the Apostle Paul, “I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense towards God and man.”

As Watchman Nee said, “The first step towards sanctification is to be faithful to your conscience.”

Once you are ALWAYS faithful to your conscience (or ALWAYS faithful to start over when you’ve ignored it.) you can be faithful to your intuition, or spiritual revelations.  In other words, the Spirit will directly lead you so that you simply know where to go and what to do.  The key word is KNOW.  It will be clearly from the Spirit.  If it is not clear, it is not from the Spirit.  Having been faithful to your conscience, you will have this clarity from the Spirit.

Mature intuition leads to communion, or direct conversation.  In other words, instead of the “red light/green light” of conscience, simply warning you to avoid certain situations, and instead of the clear impressions of intuition, where you have absolute certain revelation, you will experience an intimate conversation with the Spirit, one in which you and He, having been faithful to His leading, converse about all life.

Understand this: 

In “Moral Issues,” the word of God, the Bible , is already clear on the general things:

Love God with all your heart and soul and strength.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

You don’t need the Spirit lead you in loving God supremely and loving people impartially.

But in “Ethical Issues,” everyday choices between more than one right option, you need the moment by moment leading of the Spirit, as it is written,

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.