DP 147 How the Lord casts out lusts for evil and introduces instead affections for good

~ Spiritual-Habits

Divine Providence #147

Topics covered:

  • When a person resolves to desist from evil, the Lord first opens his spiritual mind, and then enters into the natural and rational, re-ordering things as He works

From point #5 of this chapter’s outline: “It is not contrary to rationality and freedom to compel oneself”

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”

To hear the rest of this audiobook of Divine Providence beyond what appears in your podcast player, visit the website (link in show notes description or via globe icon).

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.

DP 146 There then ensues a battle of his internal self with his external self

~ Spiritual-Habits

Divine Providence #146

Topics covered:

  • When a person who previously found delight in fraud, for example, but who sees and inwardly acknowledges it as a sin, and resolves on this account to desist from it, when he does stop practicing fraud, there then ensues a battle… (paraphrased)

From point #5 of this chapter’s outline: “It is not contrary to rationality and freedom to compel oneself”

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”

To hear the rest of this audiobook of Divine Providence beyond what appears in your podcast player, visit the website (link in show notes description or via globe icon).

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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DP 145 It Is Not Contrary to Rationality and Freedom to Compel Oneself

~ Spiritual-Habits

Divine Providence #145

Topics covered:

  • Point 5 of this chapter’s outline

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”

To hear the rest of this audiobook of Divine Providence beyond what appears in your podcast player, visit the website (link in show notes description or via globe icon).

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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DP 144 No one is reformed in states of intellectual blindness

~ Spiritual-Habits

Divine Providence #144

Topics covered:

  • From point 4 of this chapter’s outline: “No one is reformed in states devoid of rationality and freedom”

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”

To hear the rest of this audiobook of Divine Providence beyond what appears in your podcast player, visit the website (link in show notes description or via globe icon).

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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DP 143 No one is reformed in states of ignorance

~ Spiritual-Habits

Divine Providence #143

Topics covered:

  • From point 4 of this chapter’s outline: “No one is reformed in states devoid of rationality and freedom”

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”

To hear the rest of this audiobook of Divine Providence beyond what appears in your podcast player, visit the website (link in show notes description or via globe icon).

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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