NJHD 150, 151,158 - merit

NJHD 150, 151,158
Those who do good that they may merit,
do not do good from the love of good,
but from the love of reward,
for he who wills to merit,
wills to be rewarded;
they who do so,
regard and place their delight in the reward,
and not in good;
wherefore they are not spiritual, but natural.

To do good, which is good,
must be from the love of good,
thus for the sake of good.
They who are in that love
are not willing to hear of merit,
for they love to do, and perceive satisfaction therein,
and, on the other hand,
they are sorrowful if it be believed
that what they do is for the sake of anything of themselves.

Merit and justice belong to the Lord alone.
--- (AC 9715, 9979)

The merit and justice of the Lord
consist in His having saved the human race
by His own power.
--- (AC 1813,2025, 2026, 2027, 9715, 9809, 10019)

Those who place merit it works,
fall in temptations.
--- (AC 2273, 9978)