The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.