Sunday, February 17, 2013

AC 4390, 4393, 4394 - good of truth, tranquility of peace

AC 4390
. . . the good of truth is
. . . truth in will and act.
This truth is what is called good,
and the conscience which is from this good
is called a conscience of truth.
This good which is from truth increases in proportion
as the person exercises charity from willing well,
thus in proportion and in such a manner
as he loves the neighbor.

The reason why good and truth
are mentioned so frequently in the explanations,
is that all things in heaven,
and consequently all in the Lord's church,
bear relation to good and truth.
Speaking generally these two include all things
that belong to doctrine and to life;
truths, all things that belong to doctrine;
and goods, all things that belong to life. 

AC 4393
. . . "Shalem" signifies the tranquility of peace . . ..
In this peace there are interior truths;
that is, those who are in interior truths in faith and in life.
But so long as men are in exterior truths,
and especially when they are coming
from exterior into interior truths,
the state is then untranquil,
for then there are temptation combats.
The same is also here represented by Jacob, in that
after he had been in fear and anxiety on account of Esau,
he had now arrived at a state of tranquility.

AC 4394
When a person is in interior truths in faith and in life,
he is in the Lord's kingdom, and in a state of tranquility,
and then looks at exterior things
as one who looks from a high hill upon a tempestuous sea.

 

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