Divine Providence # 263 excerpts from #’s 60 and 61 of the little work “Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 262 “(1) That a doubt may arise against Divine Providence from the fact that the whole Christian world worships the one God in the form of three persons, or in other words, three gods, and that it has not previously known that God is one in person and essence, in whom is the Trinity, and that that God is the Lord”

Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church

Used with permission

Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 261
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 260 “(7) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence for the reason that Judaism still continues in existence”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 259 “(6) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence for the reason that there have been and still are in the Christian world so many heresies, such as those of the Quakers, Moravians, Anabaptists, and many others”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 258 “(5) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence for the reason that among people who profess the Christian religion there are some who place salvation in certain phrases they are to think and say, and not at all in the good works they are to do”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 257 “(4) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence for the reason that in many kingdoms where the Christian religion has been adopted there are some who claim Divine power for themselves and wish to be worshiped as gods, and who invoke people now deceased”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 256 “(3) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence when he sees that the Christian religion is found only in a relatively small part of the habitable world called Europe, and there has split into sects”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 255 “(2) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence when he considers the Muslim religion—that it has been adopted by so many empires and kingdoms”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Divine Providence # 254 “(1) That the merely natural person confirms himself against Divine Providence when he considers in regard to the religious beliefs of various nations that there are some completely ignorant of God, some who worship the sun and moon, and some, idols and graven images”
Translated by N. Bruce Rogers for the General Church
Used with permission
Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt

Podcast: Play in new window | Download