Stephen E. Robinson wrote:
“If we believe only in Christ without believing Christ, then we are like people sitting in cold, dark houses surrounded by unused lamps and heaters, people who believe in electricity but who never throw the switch to turn on the power. People like this often pretend to themselves and to others that merely believing in electricity makes them warm and gives them light, but they still shiver in the dark unless they turn on the power. Though the appliances may work and the wiring may be in good order, until we accept the power itself, beyond merely believing in the theory of power, we cannot enjoy the warmth and the light. This is why genuine faith in Christ—active acceptance of his power and not just passive belief in his identity—is and must be the very first principle of the gospel. No matter how much of the gospel ones learns or even believes as a theory, until we accept the reality of our own salvation, we have not yet turned on the power. ~Stephen E. Robinson, Believing Christ (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 25-6 pocket book edition
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