AE 689 - all being, living, and ability are from the Lord

AE 689
Saying, we give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
(Revelation 11:17)
signifies the acknowledgment
that all being, living, and ability are from the Lord.

[2] In respect to Divine omnipotence:
it does not involve any power to act contrary to order,
but it involves all power to act according to order,
for all order is from the Lord . . ..

Because it is of the Divine omnipotence
to lead one who wishes to be led according to order,
and thus to lead no one contrary to order,
therefore it is not of the Divine omnipotence to lead anyone to heaven
who wishes to lead himself,
since it is a law of order that what a person does
he shall do from reason and from freedom,
because that which is received by the reason
and done from freedom remains with a person,
and is appropriated to him as his own,
but not that which is not received by the reason and done from freedom.
Consequently it is clear
that it is not of the Divine omnipotence to save those
who are not willing to be led according to order,
for to be led according to order is to be led according to the laws of order,
and the laws of order are the precepts of doctrine and life from the Word;
it is therefore of the Divine omnipotence to lead a person
who is willing to be led according to these
every moment and continually to eternity.

. . . It is also of the Divine omnipotence to protect people from the hells,
so far as this can be done without injury to freedom and reason;
for all the hells are as nothing against the Lord's Divine power;
without this power of the Lord it is impossible for any person to be saved.