AE 962, 963 - Living from Religion

AE 962

When he (a person) is being regenerated
the evils that are from his own (proprium, ego)
are removed,
and goods are implanted in their place,
and this is effected by means of truths.

AE 963 [1, 2]

It is an eternal statute
or from the Divine order
that where there are not good works
there are evil works . . ..


He who abstains from profaning the name of God,
that is, the holiness of the Word,
by contempt, rejection, or any blasphemy,
has religion;
and such as his abstinence is
such is his religion.
For no one has religion except from revelation,
and with us
revelation is the Word.
Abstinence from profaning the holiness of the Word
must be from the heart,
and not merely from the mouth.
Those who abstain from the heart live from religion;
but those who abstain merely from the mouth
do not live from religion
for they abstain either for the sake of self
or for the sake of the world . . ..