In Episode 1, we explored the Inner Room as a literal, interior space where encounter with God happens. In Episode 2, we unpacked the Imago Dei and the biblical revelation that you are not three parts but three distinct intelligences—spirit, soul, and body—each with its own mind, will, and emotions.

Today we take the next step: If the spirit is a distinct intelligence, how does it perceive? How does it receive information? How does God speak to it?

The answer is what the Church Fathers called the interior senses—spiritual capacities of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell that mirror the physical senses but operate in the invisible realm. Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine all taught that the human spirit has these capacities. Scripture confirms it throughout, from Elisha’s servant seeing chariots of fire to Paul’s prayer that “the eyes of your heart may be enlightened.”

For most Christians, these senses are dormant. We’ve been taught that the only valid way to know God is through the intellect. We’ve prioritized the rational over the experiential, and in doing so, we’ve shut down the very capacities God gave us for encountering Him directly.

In this episode, we walk through Scripture to see how God engages each of the interior senses, explore why these capacities have atrophied in the Western Church, and offer a practical exercise for awakening interior attention this week.

The Inner Room isn’t theoretical. Encounter isn’t rare. The senses are already there—waiting to be awakened.

Peace & Grace,

Pastor Scot

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