Chapter 8: Understanding God’s Word

Page 27

It is simple to understand God when you acknowledge the internal set of instructions God already gave your brain and heart [computer metaphor].

“None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his

brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.” Hebrews 8:11

Understanding Is Second Nature To Committed Hearts!

SIDE NOTE: Did you realize that the matter of where your heart is with God was not on the hermeneutic list previously shown? Yet, make no mistake about it, salvation and understanding both start with your heart.

Now think about whether you really need that seminary school degree or whether you should simply give your heart to God and rely upon His ability to provide His teachings and whatever else you need such as wisdom

and understanding?

When you get down to where the rubber meets the road, there exists a significant understanding paradox. That paradox is the fact that no matter

how much schooling or education you achieve, you will never gain wisdom and understanding until you connect with God. You could have a Ph D degree and be as ignorant as a moron when it comes to wisdom and understanding without God. Indeed, there are those who continually seek

higher levels of education for wisdom because they feel a lack of wisdom and understanding inside. They are incomplete without God and always will be. Conversely, you could be a sixth grade drop out and have wisdom beyond measure simply because you have given your heart to God.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5