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(1/19/01)
"There is a lot of difference in being knowledgeable of a fact and having
faith and an understanding of it. I believe there are many people in this world
who say, 'I know that Jesus is the Christ.' Well, bless your souls, the devils
know that too, and they tremble. But the person who really knows it, is the
person who lives it and then drinks from the fountain of righteousness to his
soul the great power that makes a man turn and change his life. You see, when
Peter knew by sight that He was the Christ, or by revelation, as he stood
warming his hands by the fire when the maid came to him and said, 'Thou art one
of them; thou art one of the Galileans,' he answered, 'I know him not.' (See Matt.
22:56-57.) But that same Peter, when he had become converted to the fact,
stood and said, 'Ye men of Galilee and all who dwell herein have taken the holy
One of God and with wicked hands have cruelly crucified him.' Then when those
same people came to him and said, 'We command you not to speak,' he did not fear
and tremble by the fire and say, 'Oh, I'm sorry I even said the words. I'll go
some place else.' Then, because of conversion by the Spirit, he said, 'Is it
better to obey man than God?' and he went on teaching them what he knew in his
heart-not what he had a mental assent to, but something that he really knew.
This is the power of life-something we really know." - Paul F. Royall,
"A Sure Foundation," December 17, 1963, "BYU Speeches of the
Year," 1963:1