AE 439 - "Wrestlings with God"

AE 439
. . . every temptation is a combat
between the spiritual person and the natural;
for the spiritual person
loves and wills the things that are of heaven,
since it is in heaven,
while the natural person
loves and wills the things that are of the world,
since it is in the world;
consequently the desires of the two are opposite,
which gives rise to collision and combat,
and this is called temptation.

[3] . . . the state after temptation,
in which a person is filled with every good of love
and with truths therefrom;
for after temptations he is filled with joy,
and good bears fruit,
and truth is multiplied with him . . .