““We know some (who we believe) would very cheerfully go to the stake in defense of some points of Doctrine, so convinced are they of the orthodoxy of what they have received… But, dear Friends, I may know all the Doctrines in the Bible, but unless I know Christ, there is not one of them that can save me!

I may know Election, but if I cannot see myself as chosen in Christ Jesus, election will do me no good.

I may know the Doctrine of the Final Perseverance of the Saints, but if I am not in Christ, I would only persevere in my sins— and such a final perseverance will be dreadful, indeed!

It is one thing to know the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, but it is quite another thing to be justified by faith and to have peace with God!

You may stand up for Imputed Righteousness and fight for it, and yet the righteousness of Christ may never be imputed to you! It is not knowing the creed, though that is well, that can save the soul—the knowledge that is needed is to know Him whom Paul believed!”

- CH Spurgeon: “Knowing and Believing”.