Divine Providence #131
Topics covered:
- Faith vs. persuasion
- Blind faith has no rationality in it, still less something spiritual
- The only path by which the Lord enters a person is an internal path, which is through the Word, doctrine from the Word, and preaching and teaching from it
From Chapter 6, “It is a Law of Divine Providence That a Person Not Be Compelled By External Means to Think and Will, Thus to Believe and Love, Matters Having to Do with Religion; but That a Person Bring Himself to Do So and at Times Compel Himself”
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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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