Friday, June 26, 2020

AE 97 - "Ways" and "Walking; AE 98 - "Works", "Toil", "Endurance"; AE 101 - Being in Knowledges of Truth and Good; AE 102 - The Lord's Name

AE 97

. . . in the Word "ways" signify  truths or falsities,
and "walking" signifies living . . .

AE 98

. . . by "works," in the spiritual sense,
is meant everything that a person wills and loves,
and by "toil" everything a person thinks or believes,
and by  "endurance"
everything a person does from these.

AE 101

. . . those who are in the knowledges
of truth and good . . . defend those truths,
and resist those who are against them . . ..

AE 102

In many passages of the Word it is said,
"for the sake of Jehovah's name,"
"for the sake of the Lord's name,"
"for the sake of the name of Jesus Christ,"
that "the name of God should be sanctified," and the like.
Those whose thoughts do not go
beyond the sense of the letter
suppose that the name alone is meant;
but what is meant is not the name,
but everything whereby the Lord is worshiped;
and all of this has relation to love and faith.
Therefore by "the Lord's name" in the Word
all things of love and of faith
by which He is worshiped are meant;
here the acknowledgment of the Lord
and of the knowledges of truth that have respect to Him,
because this is said to those
who are only zealous about knowledges.


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