Tuesday, June 03, 2008

AC 7564 - goods & truths from the Lord or not from the Lord

AC 7564
Goods and truths are either of the Lord or not of the Lord.
Those which are of the Lord are those which the man does
for the sake of his neighbor,
for the sake of his country,
for the sake of the church,
and for the sake of the Lord's kingdom,
thus for the sake of good and truth itself,
and especially for the sake of the Lord.

These goods and truths are those which are of the Lord;
but the truths and goods which are not of the Lord
are those which a man does for the sake of himself as the end,
and for the sake of the world as the end.
These latter sometimes appear like the former in the outward form,
but in the inward form they are quite different;
for these lead to self. . . .

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