G145 is one of my favorite Greek words. Aistheterion... we all have an aistheterion. An "organ of perception". It's like eyes or ears or a nose, except it isn't a physical organ. It's a spiritual organ. Sometimes people talk about having a "sixth sense" or they talk about "intuition" or such. These things refer to the aistheterion. And, as we are told here in Hebrews chapter 5, when we exercise our aistheterion, it matures and we grow in the ability of discernment. At our Bible Study, we often do a "Spiritual Exercise" where everyone is given a pad of paper and the name of a person they've never met. Each person will then ask the Holy Spirit for any words or blessings or scriptures that the Lord would like to give to the that person. Then one quietly listens, and writes down whatever one feels/sees/hears from the Holy Spirit. We call it an "exercise" based on these verses at the end of Hebrews 5. This is just one way of exercising our aistheterions and growing in spiritual awareness. :)
Of course, these verses also speak about growing in maturity in knowing the scripture and being skilled in the scripture. Simply spending time in the word is also a very valuable "exercise" as well!
Blessings.
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