Thomas Watson writes:

The bare knowledge of God’s will is inefficacious, it doth not better the heart. Knowledge alone is like a winter sun, which hath no heat or influence; it doth not warm the affections, or purify the conscience. Judas was a great luminary, he knew God’s will, but he was a traitor.

I know I write about this a lot. But I suppose it’s a topic you can’t quite say enough about.

As much as I love God’s word, and I love to study it and encourage other people to study it, getting God’s word—on it’s own—it’s not enough. We have to believe it, and do it.

Watson’s analogy is well received. Knowledge alone is like winter’s sun, which makes things bright, but no necessarily warm.