AC 5827
With the regeneration of man the case is this.
In the first state when a man is being introduced
through truth into good,
the truth appears manifestly,
because it is in the light of the world,
and not far from the sensuous things of the body.
But it is not so with good,
for this is in the light of heaven,
and remote from the sensuous things of the body,
for it is within in man's spirit.
So it is that the truth which is of faith
appears manifestly, but not good,
although this is continually present,
and flows in, and makes the truths live.
Man could not possibly be regenerated in any other way.
But when this state has been passed through,
then good manifests itself,
and this by love to the neighbor,
and by the affection of truth for the sake of life.
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