Daily Digest: Capstone Capsule

“For with the HEART one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” – Romans 10:10       

It is the Will of God for His children to progress from HEAD to HEART KNOWLEDGE in all matters of life: “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Rom.10:10). Head Knowledge refers to things that we learn and can know with our brains and minds. Facts, figures, words, phrases, and behaviour, are things we can learn naturally. Heart Knowledge comprises things that we know or spiritually discern with our hearts: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor.2:14). One can know facts about God in the head, without applying it to the heart by faith. Revelation knowledge is to Sense knowledge, what Heart knowledge is to Head knowledge.

It’s relatively easy to acquire head knowledge: Just study and spend time learning and over time the brain will collect more data. It is unwise to approach the Bible this way, striving to accumulate facts and figures about the Book, the history behind it, or the esoteric meanings of the original languages. While none of these is wrong in and of itself, head knowledge only goes so far where spiritual knowledge is concerned. In contrast, Heart knowledge is something that we just know, and is sometimes called revelation knowledge because it is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. Heart knowledge is often, but not always, built on a measure of head knowledge.

Heart Knowledge is the reason why we can read the same passage of scripture that we’ve read multiple times before and suddenly get a new insight about what it means. When we get heart knowledge about a scripture it comes alive for us: “For the WORD of GOD is LIVING and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb.4:12). The intellect is part of the natural mind and soul, which comprises the mind, will, and emotions. The soul is all that makes up our personality and how we relate to one another. It is highly limited in knowledge!

Our spirit is that part of us that comes alive when we are born again. The Bible is the Living Word. However, it is not until scripture becomes alive to us personally that it has the power to bring positive change in our lives, and through us, in others. Once we have Heart knowledge and we know a truth in our spirit, it will manifest real change in our lives. Heart Knowledge is unshakeable, being founded and rooted deep in our spirits, and therefore not susceptible to peer pressure and other factors. It’s time to move from Head to Heart Knowledge!