Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

translation eleven times and refers to the flesh nature or literally the old Adamic nature that at times acts in an unregenerate manner. Both the carnal and spiritual man receive information from the five senses; thus they were given by the Lord to each human being for the purpose of learning. We discover life as we grow by using our senses. The Bible teaches us to train our five physical senses to discern good and bad, right and wrong, and truth and lies, thereby training them to follow spiritual laws and truth. When your ears hear profanity, how do you react? If your eyes see pornography, how does your spirit react? If you are using your taste to experience illegal drugs and alcohol, how does your spirit react? If you are carnal, you will enjoy the small flesh sins that tickle your flesh nature. If you are spiritual, your senses will come into agreement with your spirit and will cut off the things feeding off your flesh. In the Scriptures we read how the five senses should be used as gates through which the Holy Spirit can flow. When it comes to the ears and hearing, we read: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says … ” (Rev. 2:7). David mentioned the sense of taste when he wrote: “Taste and see that the L ORD is good” (Ps. 34:8). Our spiritual eyes can be opened, and we can experience “eyes of your understanding” (Eph. 1:18). Even the sense of touch is significant, as the woman with the issue of blood said, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well” (Matt.