As you read the scriptural accounts of how the Lord consistently confounded His hostile inquisitors, this description of Him fits perfectly. He was able to turn aside cunning inquiries about taxation, stoning adulterers (required under Jewish law even though Roman law forbade such a penalty), Satan's offers and temptations, complications about the resurrection, priority of commandments, accusations of blasphemy, and more. Because Christ had the Holy Ghost given as His guide without measure, we see how "he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears," but instead felt His way from grace to grace, until he received a fullness. Nephi's selection of these words as his testimony of Christ fit what He would do in His mortal ministry.
Nephi uses these words to tell us how our Lord was perfect in His setting. Our Lord allowed "the Spirit of the Lord [to] rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." He had the "Spirit without measure" because He did nothing to quench it. He did not resist its promptings, nor offend its presence. As a result, it made Him "of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears." There was no magic in this. The Lord did what anyone could do, if they were willing to follow His example.
The whisperings of the Spirit are available to all. However, they come to us only as we prepare to receive them, and listen to them. We can do far more to allow the Spirit to operate in our lives. A landmark talk given by Boyd K. Packer in 1983 still remains one of the very best single sermons on this subject. As we look at some of what Elder Packer taught, think about this as a description of how our Lord acted, lived, felt and accepted guidance from the Holy Ghost. Think of this as a description of how He allowed the Spirit of the Lord to rest upon Him, with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. Consider how it made Him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord so that He did not "judge after the sight of His eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of His ears:"
We do not have the words (even the scriptures do not have the words) which perfectly describe the Spirit. The scriptures generally use the word voice, which does not exactly fit. These delicate, refined spiritual communications are not seen with our eyes, nor heard with our ears. And even though it is described as a voice, it is a voice that one feels, more than one hears.
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The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting or shaking us with a heavy hand. Rather it whispers. It caresses so gently that if we are preoccupied we may not feel it at all.
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It is not wise to wrestle with the revelations with such insistence as to demand immediate answers or blessings to your liking. You cannot force spiritual things. Such words as compel, coerce, constrain, pressure, demand, do not describe our privileges with the Spirit. You can no more force the Spirit to respond than you can force a bean to sprout, or an egg to hatch before its time. You can create a climate to foster growth, nourish, and protect; but you cannot force or compel; you must wait for growth.
Do not be impatient to gain great spiritual knowledge. Let it grow, help it grow, but do not force it or you will open the way to be misled.
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Be ever on guard lest you be deceived by inspiration from an unworthy source. You can be given false spiritual messages. There are counterfeit spirits just as there are counterfeit angels. (See Moro. 7: 17.) Be careful lest you be deceived, for the devil may come disguised as an angel of light.
The spiritual part of us and the emotional part of us are so closely linked that it is possible to mistake an emotional impulse for something spiritual. We occasionally find people who receive what they assume to be spiritual promptings from God, when those promptings are either centered in the emotions or are from the adversary. (Boyd K. Packer, The Candle of the Lord, Ensign, January 1983, beginning at page 51.)
The wonder of it all is that Christ, as a mortal like all of us, listened and followed the Holy Ghost perfectly. He was always attuned. He heard the whisperings, and then had the courage to consistently obey its prompting. He did not rebel or turn away, even as He was prompted into difficulties. He was perfect in His obedience. All should stand in awe at what He accomplished and how He did it. Even the best of us struggle to keep ourselves attuned. When we "hear," then we struggle to obey. We act as if we do God a favor when we reluctantly provide even modest obedience. How great the gulf between Him and us. How plain the way is which He set before us. Nephi's testimony of our Lord's faithfulness reminds us again why He is our Savior and guide.