SD 4076,4077,4078 - living faith

SD 4076, 4077, 4078

. . . as the quality of the faith is,
such is the quality of the love of marriage.

. . . The doctrine of faith plainly declares
that the love of the neighbor is the principal law;
and since this is the principal law,
it is the principal point in the doctrine of faith;
wherefore unless one loves his neighbor,
he is destitute of faith.
Thus they cannot but rave
who would separate faith
from the life of love and good works,
and say that faith alone is saving
apart from loving our neighbor as himself
and thus apart from the life of love.

Faith is life,
and to live according to the principles of faith
is not [merely] to think;
for the tree is known by its fruit.
(November 26, 1748)