AE 292
Truths from the Word with angels and men
are in their memory;
from it the Lord calls them out
and conjoins them with good
so far as the angel or man
is in the spiritual affection of truth,
and this affection he has
when he lives according to the truths from the Word.
Conjunction is effected in the interior or spiritual man,
and from that in the exterior or natural man.
This conjunction makes the church with man
while he lives on the earth,
and afterwards makes heaven with him;
from which it is clear
that without such conjunction
no one can be saved;
also that there is no conjunction of good and truth
unless the man is living the life of love;
to live the life of love
is to do the Lord's commandments,
for to love is to do,
since what man loves
that he wills
and that he does,
but what he does not love
that he does not will
and therefore does not do.
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