DP 116 Without that appearance a person would be incapable of any determination to do good

Divine Providence #116

Topics covered:

  • Without that appearance the person would be incapable of any reception of Divine truth
  • …or any determination to do good
  • …or any incorporation of love and wisdom
  • …or any conjunction with the Lord
  • Will you not acknowledge as a consequence that a person must do good and think truth as though of himself, and yet recognize that he does so from the Lord?

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.