AE 242 - The Circle of Life; AE 247 - "Be Zealous, Therefore, and Repent"

AE 242 [4]

. . . the circle of a person's life
is to know,
to understand,
to will,
and to do;
for a person's spiritual life
begins with knowing,
passes next to understanding,
then to willing,
and finally to doing.

AE 247

. . . no one is let into spiritual temptation
unless he is in spiritual affection,
which is called charity;
for unless he is in that,
no combat arises with falsities and evils,
because there is no zeal in behalf of truths and goods.
Since by temptation
not only are evils subdued and falsities removed,
but also truths are implanted in their place,
and these are so conjoined with the good of charity
as to be one with it,
therefore to "be zealous and repent"
signifies that they must have charity.