Divine Providence #114
Topics covered:
- On the same day they hear the necessity of repentance, they hear the preaching of faith alone—that they cannot do any good that is not merit-seeking, and thus that their works have not a whit of salvation in them
- these same people return home with their earlier confession completely forgotten
- Which, then, is true—the first or the second? Two propositions contrary to teach other cannot both be true.
- It must be true either that without… repentance, forgiveness of [sins] is not possible… or that these things contribute nothing to salvation
- People who lack faith for want of repentance are on the road to hell
- Those who have faith simply, trusting it to be so, and having confidence in the imputation of the Lord’s merit, are without sins (they think)
- Think with some understanding, and if you have any religion you will see that repentance from sins is the way to heaven
Point (4) Evils in the external self can be put away by the Lord only through the agency of the person
From Chapter 5: “It is a Law of Divine Providence That a Person Put Away as If of Himself Evils as Sins in His External Self, and That the Lord Be Able Only Then to Put Away Evils in His Internal Self and at the Same Time in His External One”
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Angelic Wisdom regarding Divine Providence is a work of the Heavenly Doctrine penned by Emanuel Swedenborg. First published in the Latin language in 1764. Translated by N.B. Rogers for the General Church. Used with permission. Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt.
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