Christ’s Spirit, as God, indwells the believer’s spirit, and He speaks within the believer’s spirit.

1 John 4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. John 8:47a He that is of God heareth God's words: Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself (Himself) beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Let’s now consider the definition of the word “know” from 1John 4:13 above, and as it applies to the primary “knowing” that comes to every believer upon receiving “the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” into their human spirit. This capacity to know and hear the Lord within occurs from the moment of the believer’s regeneration by God dispensing “the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” into the believer’s spirit.

“Know,” per Strong’s Concordance, appearing as the Greek transliterated word “eido,” means “to see, or perceive by any of the senses” - applying to physical (see, smell, touch, taste, and hear) or to the spiritual. “Eido” here means we may, by a new sense knowing that we have in our spirit, come to perceive the things that are of the spirit realm. In other words, we have gained a new level of “sense” within by our spirit, which is added to our five physical senses. We might call this new spirit-sense our 6^th sense.

“Know,” appearing as the Greek transliterated word “gnosis,” means to “possess information about” – “to know, to know about, to have knowledge of, to be acquainted with, acquaintance.” Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Symantic Domains. This “gnosis” sort of “knowing” is more of a knowing of information by having become acquainted with that information through learning, such as becoming aware of information by reading the newspaper or the Bible. It is a mind knowing in the soul. It is not the innate spirit-sense knowledge we gain by regeneration.

Thus, we have the two kinds of knowing; with eido as the most unique and precious kind of knowledge that is not of ourselves. It is knowledge that we cannot generate by or of ourselves – it is revelation that is dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord’s moving within our spirit. By the indwelling “spirit of life in Christ Jesus” we have gained a 6^th “sense knowledge” that we could not otherwise possess except for the presence of Christ’s within our spirit. As with the physical senses, we also have sense knowledge “innately,” without explanation or understanding – we just know! We automatically know when we feel hot or cold or are hungry by having physical life. By possessing “Christ’s spirit of life” we have an innate knowing of His perception of things, and of His will in a matter of choice.

In addition to this “sense knowing,” the Lord then will actively guide us with revealed knowledge we have gained in our understanding, in our soul’s mind. In this way the original sense knowing becomes a learned knowledge by experience, now held in our consciousness. This is epiginosko, a "full knowledge." It is learned knowledge that is the fruit of the “mind (nous, intellect) of Christ” (1Cor 2:16), speaking in or through our spirit.

The key matter hear is this installment is that we need to see that every Christian has the capacity to hear God and he in fact does hear God, even when he thinks he does not hear God. The added sense of the Spirit within is always speaking to us in one way or another. As noted initially, John 8:47a He that is of God (Gk., ek, birthed out from) heareth God's words: Paul also tells the Hebrews that the mature in the Lord have their senses exercised. Hebrews 5:14 (KJV) But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

What’s the problem that would make a genuine Christian say “I don’t hear God?” It is simply that they don’t recognize or welcome the Lord’s speaking within their spirit. They commonly refuse the Lord’s voice, preferring rather to listen to the many outer voices of others, whether the doctrine of their denomination, the Pastor, their parents, etc.

I appreciate Peter’s words at Pentecost on this matter of obedience. Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.