Any man can read the Bible and understand what are the gifts of God in regard to forgiveness, heaven, eternal life and happiness. These things are communicated to the mind by words which we read. But a knowledge of facts is not sufficient, for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness.

We do not savingly know the great things which God has prepared for them that love Him simply by reading about them. It is true the head learns by nature, but the heart learns by grace and regeneration. The way to life is to have these things written on the heart by the Holy Spirit. I heard about sin, but I never knew sin until the Holy Spirit convinced my heart of sin. I heard about faith, but I never believed until Christ was revealed to my heart as my righteousness and sin-offering. I heard about justification, but I was not justified until I confessed with my mouth, “Jesus to be Lord, and believed in my heart that God hath raised him from the dead.” Copied and edited