AC 4390 - "Building a House"; AC 4394 - Being in the Lord's Kingdom; AC 4402 - Good Acts

AC 4390 - "Building a House"

And built him a house.
(Genesis 33:17)

That this means the increase of good from truth . . .
is evident from the meaning of "building a house,"
as being to instruct the external person
in intelligence and wisdom.
And as intelligence belongs to truth,
and wisdom to good,
by "building a house" is here meant
the increase of good from truth.
What the good of truth is,
has been already stated, namely,
that it is truth in will and act.
This truth is what is called good,
and the conscience which is from this good
is called a conscience of truth.
This good which is from truth increases in proportion
as the person exercises charity from willing well,
thus in proportion and in such a manner
as he loves the neighbor.

AC 4394 - Being in the Lord's Kingdom

When a person is in interior truths in faith and in life,
he is in the Lord's kingdom,
and in a state of tranquillity,
and then looks at the exterior things
as one who looks from a high hill
upon a tempestuous sea.

AC 4402 - Good Acts

. . . good acts by truth when it exerts power.