The instruction in gospel principles that is done in homes and in classes and quorums at church is an important part of the process of acquiring intelligence-light and truth.
The transforming power of gospel teaching comes not from the intellect alone but by the power of the Holy Ghost. Earthly gospel instruction and learning prepares the heart and mind to be “taught from on high” by revelation.
This type of divine instruction that endows us with heaven-sent knowledge and power requires, as President Harold B. Lee taught:
“The bending of the whole soul through worthy living to become attuned to the Holy Spirit of the Lord, the calling up from the depths of one’s own mental searching, and the linking of our own efforts” with the teaching of the Spirit”
(“The Iron Rod, ’ Ensign, June 1971, p. 10; see also D&C 43:16; D&C 75:27).