“… A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge...

[kirtland r.m.]

True knowledge is power. This was demonstrated in the Cleveland bus station on one of our transfer days when one of the other full time missionaries took a dollar bet from an old man that the Elder could not spell knowledge. The missionary lost, as he evidently forgot that knowledge has a silent d(this is a true story, l.o.l.).

“… A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power than many men who are on the earth. Hence it needs revelation to assist us, and give us knowledge of the things of God.”15

Joseph Smith taught the following in April 1843, later recorded in Doctrine and Covenants 130:18–19: “Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.”16

Here is a great lesson on this subject, with these quotes and sources included.https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-jo ... 2?lang=eng