AR 107
People who are concerned only with works
and have no truths
are like people who act without understanding,
and deeds without understanding
are lifeless.
AR 120
"'I will give to eat of the hidden manna.'"
(Revelation 2:17)
The hidden manna that people will have
who are engaged in good works
and at the same time
add doctrinal truths to the works,
means a private wisdom,
such as people have who are in the third heaven.
For as these were focused
on good works and doctrinal truths
simultaneously in the world,
they enjoy a wisdom beyond that of other angels,
but a private wisdom,
for it is engraved on their life
and not so much on their memory.
Therefore people of this character are such
that they do not talk about doctrinal truths
but practice them,
and they practice them because they know them
and also see them when others talk about them.
The goodness of love is imparted to people
who add doctrinal truths to their good works,
and the Lord conjoins Himself with them
and thus grants them wisdom in their good works;
and that this is what it is
to give to eat of the hidden manna
can be seen from these words of the Lord:
. . . the bread of God is He
who comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world . . ..
I am the bread of life . . ..
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and are dead.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that anyone who eats of it does not die.
I am the living bread
which comes down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread,
he will live forever.(John 6:31-58)
It is apparent from this
that the Lord Himself
is the hidden manna that will be in their works
if they turn to Him alone.
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