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what was in their mind (Matt. 9:4; 12:15; 16:8; 22:18; 26:10; Mark 8:17;
Luke 5:22; Jn 6:15, 61). Everybody can hear the words but He knew what
was in their heart and in their mind. How could He do that? This is through
the intuition. The intuition is a direct sense from God Himself. It does not
need to be a teaching that passes through our mind. It is a direct feeling in
our spirit. We all have this kind of experience. There is a little difference
with the conscience. The word conscience means with knowledge. If there
is no knowledge in our mind with respect to good and evil, right and wrong,
sin and other things, the conscience cannot operate so well. But the intuition
is different. It is a direct sense of God. We all know what that is. It is not
according to reason. In fact, sometimes, it does not make sense to our human
reason or human logic. It makes no sense because it is another realm and
this is the realm where the Lord lived in all the time. Mark 2:8 says, “And
immediately Jesus, knowing fully in His spirit that they were reasoning this
way within themselves, said to them, ‘Why are you reasoning about these
things in your hearts?’” If I had been there, I would say, “Who is this person?
He knows what I am thinking in my heart.”
When I leave the Philippines, I’m going to go to Guam and Saipan. The
last time I was in Saipan, I was preaching the gospel to a woman and one of
the sisters was translating for me. As I was preaching the gospel this woman
said to me, “Stop. Are you reading my mind?” I said, “No. I don’t know how
to read anyone’s mind.” Then she said, “But what you are saying is exactly
what I’m thinking.” I told her, “That is the Lord. He knows your heart. He
knows everything about you.” Through that experience she received the Lord
because it surprised her. Of course, I had no consciousness of that. I was just
speaking like we always do. This is the intuition of our spirit.
In the Dispensation of Innocence, Our Seeing the Principle of God’s
Rule; in the Dispensation of Conscience, the Principle of Self-Rule; and
in the Dispensation of Human Government, the Principle of Man’s Rule
In the dispensation of innocence, we see the principle of God’s rule; in the
dispensation of conscience, the principle of self-rule; and in the dispensation
of human government, the principle of man’s rule. The dispensation of
innocence was the time that Adam and Eve lived before the fall of man.
They were living in innocence so they were living under the direct rule of
God. Then because of the fall, they had to begin to live by the conscience.