TCR 142 - Divine Truth from Good; TCR 151 - To Believe On the Lord

TCR 142

By means of Divine truth from good,
that is, by means of faith from charity,
a person is reformed and regenerated;
then renewed, quickened, sanctified and justified;
and according as those virtues progress and develop,
he is also purified from evils:
and purification from these is the remission of sins.

. . . It should be known that the Lord without ceasing
renders effective those saving graces in every person,
for they are the steps to heaven,
and the Lord wills the salvation of all people;
thus the salvation of all is the end He has in view,
and He who wills the end also wills the means.

TCR 151

To believe on the Lord
is not only to acknowledge Him
but also to keep His commandments;
for the mere acknowledgment of Him
is only a matter thought
from some measure of understanding;
while the keeping of His commandments
is also a matter of acknowledgment,
but from the will.
The mind of a person consists of understanding and will,
and it is the part of the understanding to think
and of the will to act.
Therefore, when a person only acknowledges the Lord
from the thought of his understanding,
he approaches the Lord with only half his mind;
but when he keeps His commandments,
he approaches Him with his whole mind,
and this is to believe.