These verses show that the people we meet are often working through different stages of spiritual understanding and growth. Some people know Christ and need encouragement or reinforcement. Others may be genuinely converted but lack doctrinal clarity on some issues. Others are religious but have no understanding of the gospel. Still others, have heard the gospel and have rejected it as truth. We cannot assume to know where people are in their faith journey, so the gospel should be central to our conversations about religion, the church, morality, and many other areas that describe the deeper things of life.