AR 949 - confidence & peace

AR 949 [2]
By faith in Him is meant confidence that He will save,
and they have this confidence who immediately approach Him,
and shun evils as sins;
with others it is not given.

It was said that "My reward is with Me"
signifies that He Himself is heaven and the felicity of eternal life,
for "reward" is intrinsic beatitude,
which is called peace, and consequently external joy.

These are solely from the Lord,
and the things which are from the Lord,
not only are from Him,
but also are Himself,
for the Lord cannot send forth anything from Himself except it be Himself,
for He is omnipresent with every person according to conjunction,
and conjunction is according to reception,
and reception is according to love and wisdom,
or if you will, according to charity and faith,
and charity and faith are according to life,
and life is according to the aversion to evil and falsity,
and aversion to evil and falsity
is according to the knowledge of what is evil and false,
and then according to repentance,
and at the same time looking to the Lord.