Divine Providence #112
Topics covered:
- Before evil is removed, lusts have no exit & remain
- Like fire, lusts blaze more when they’re fed
- The more a thief steals, the greater his lust to steal (i.e. Acting on lusts doesn’t “get them out of your system”)
- Those who cannot desist from evils
- People know that the love of ruling stemming from a love of self grows to the extent it is given free rein
- To the degree evils are given free reign, the lusts grow
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”
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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