AC 4015 - Being Regenerated or the Disposition of Order

AC 4015

Disposition into order by the interior power of truth,
is the power of the interior person
acting into the exterior,
or of the spiritual person into the natural;
for all disposition into order
of the good and truth in the natural person
comes from the spiritual person
(that is, through the spiritual person from the Lord),
and in fact through the truth therein;
for the Lord inflows into the good
of the spiritual or interior person;
and through the truth therein into the natural person;
but not immediately through the good,
until the person has been regenerated;
and therefore
all the disposition into order in the natural person
is effected by the interior person.
The natural, or natural person,
cannot possibly be disposed into order
(that is, be regenerated)
in any other way.
That this is done by the interior person
is evident from the acknowledgment of truth,
which unless it is made by
the interior person is not acknowledgment;
and also from conscience,
which is the acknowledgment of truth
by the interior person;
and also from perception.
As disposition into order is effected by
the interior person by means of truth,
power is predicated of truth,
and also the "rod" by which power is meant;
as well as the "hand," by which also power is meant;
as may be confirmed
by very many passages in the Word.
Not that there is power in truth from itself, but in good;
and thus in truth from good;
that is, in truth through good from the Lord.
This shows to some extent what is meant by
the disposition into order of the interior power of truth.
In the supreme sense,
in which the Lord is treated of,
His own power is meant;
for the Divine has its own power,
because this is from no other.