Thursday, June 09, 2022

AC 3969 - The Lord's Divine Spiritual

AC 3969 [16, 17]

As regards the Lord's Divine Spiritual,
or the Divine truth,
which in the supreme sense
is represented by Joseph,
it is not in the Lord,
but is from the Lord;
for the Lord is nothing but Divine good;
but the Divine truth proceeds from the Divine good.
To speak comparatively,
this is like the sun and its light;
the light is not in the sun,
but proceeds from it.

The Divine Spiritual that proceeds from the Lord
is called in the Word the "spirit of truth,"
and is holy truth;
not being of any spirit,
but of the Lord through a spirit sent by Him;
as may be seen from
the words of the Lord Himself in John:

When He, the Spirit of Truth, shall come,
He will guide you into all the truth;
for He shall not speak from Himself;
but what things soever He shall hear,
these shall He speak;
and He shall declare unto you
the things that are to come.
He shall glorify Me;
for He shall take of Mine,
and shall declare it unto you.
(John 16:13-14)

 

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