A PERSON OUGHT TO SHUN EVILS AS SINS
AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM AS OF HIMSELF.
DLIFE 102 & 106
The Lord loves a person and wills to dwell with him,
yet He cannot love him and dwell with him
unless He is received and loved in return.
From this alone comes conjunction.
For this reason the Lord has given a person freedom and reason,
freedom to think and will as of himself,
and reason in accordance with which he may do so.
To love and to be conjoined with one
in whom there is nothing reciprocal is not possible,
nor is it possible to enter in and abide with one in whom there is no reception.
As in a person there are reception and reciprocality,
the church teaches that a person must examine himself,
confess his sins before God,
desist from them,
and lead a new life.
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