AE 695 - Service, Reward, Work

AE 695 [1, 2, 3]

. . . those are called "servants of the Lord'
who are in truths,
because truths are serviceable for
bringing forth, confirming, and preserving good,
and whatever serves good serves the Lord.

. . . "reward" means salvation, and thus heaven . . ..
"Reward" means properly
that delight, blessedness, and happiness
that is in the love or affection of good and truth.
This love or affection has in itself all joy of heart,
which is called heavenly joy, and also heaven;
and for the reason that
the Lord is in that love or affection,
and with the Lord is heaven;
consequently such joy,
or such delight, blessedness, and happiness,
is what is properly meant by the "reward"
that those will receive who do good and speak truth
from the love or affection of good and truth,
thus from the Lord,
and in no wise from themselves;
and as they do this from the Lord
and not from themselves
it is not a reward of merit
but a reward of grace.

. . . where the Lord is,
there heaven is,
for heaven is not heaven from the angels there,
but from the Lord with the angels.

. . . such as the love or affection is,
such is the work.