DP 33 [3,5]
. . . to the extent anyone abstains from evils
as diabolical and as obstacles to the Lord's entrance,
the more and more closely
he is conjoined with the Lord . . ..
The Lord's conjunction with a person
in whom evils have been removed
is meant by these words of the Lord:
. . . the pure in heart . . shall see God.
(Matthew 5:8)
Also by these words:
He who has My commandments
and does them . . .
(I) will make (My) abode with him.
(John 21, 23)
To have the Lord's commands is to know Him,
and to do His commands is to love Him,
for we are told in the same passage as well:
He who (does) My commandments . . .,
it is he who loves Me.
(John 14:21)
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