Dr. olson writes that the apostle paul stated “that the holy spirit dwelling within [italics added] us is directly informing our [human] spirit of new knowledge. this would mean the communication is not coming in via the normal channels of our senses and intellect or mind. what the holy spirit is telling us in this case is coming in directly from [the holy] spirit to [the human] spirit.”
i offer a note of clarification concerning the spirit-to-spirit communication above. as one reads scripture the word spirit may relate to the human spirit or to the human soul, comprising the cognitive mind, the will and emotion. i have addressed this distinction in my writings. indeed, the holy spirit has direct interactive access to the human spirit which, in turn, interacts with the neural synaptic networks generating linguistic codes with meaning and purpose. the cognitive mind of humans interprets the codes, accounting for acquiring “new knowledge” or understanding or discernment. in earlier blog posts i have addressed this topic in detail. i distinguish between the human spirit and the human soul in my writings.