AC 6057 - The Formation of the External and Internal Person; AC 6071 - God's Working; AC 6073 - Works and Uses

AC 6057 [2]

And just as the external man has been formed
according to the image of all things of the world,
so has the internal man been formed
according to the image of all things of heaven,
that is, according to the image of
the celestial and spiritual things
which proceed from the Lord
and from which and in which is heaven.
The celestial things there are all those
which are of love to the Lord
and of charity toward the neighbor;
and the spiritual things there are all those of faith,
which in themselves are so many and of such a nature
that the tongue cannot possibly utter
one millionth part of them.

. . . as the internal man has been created to be an angel,
he is a heaven in the least form.

AC 6071 [3]

. . . nothing but good comes from God,
for in so far as a person suffers it,
God bends evil into good.

AC 6073

What are your works?
(Genesis 47:3)

That this signifies about services and uses,
is evident from the signification of "works,"
as being goods, thus services and uses,
for these are goods.
All the goods which are called goods of charity
are nothing but uses,
and uses are nothing but works for the neighbor,
for our country, for the church, for the Lord's kingdom.
Moreover regarded in itself
charity itself does not become charity
until it comes into act and becomes work.
For to love anyone,
and not do him good when we have the power,
is not to love him;
but to do him good when we have the power,
and to do it from our hearts,
this is to love him;
and then all things of charity toward him
are contained within the very deed or work;
for a man's works are the complex
of all things of his charity and faith,
and are what are called spiritual goods,
and indeed become goods by exercise,
that is, by means of uses.