AC 9378 - Being Near the Lord

AC 9378 [2, 3]

. . . be it known that of himself
a person cannot come near to the Lord
and be conjoined with Him;
but the Lord will come near to the person
and be conjoined with him.
And because the Lord
draws a person to Himself (John 6:44; 12:32),
it appears as if a person of himself
comes near and conjoins himself.
This takes place when the person desists from evils,
for to desist from evils has been left to  person's will;
that is, to his freedom.
There then flows in good from the Lord,
which is never wanting,
for it is in the very life which a person has from the Lord;
but good together with life is received
only insofar as evils have been removed.
That the conjunction and presence of the Lord
is through the Word,
is because the Word is the union of a person with heaven,
and through heaven with the Lord;
for the Word is Divine truth proceeding from the Lord.
Wherefore those who are in this truth
in respect to doctrine and life
(that is, in respect to faith and love)
are in the Divine proceeding from the Lord,
thus are conjoined with Him.
From this it is plain that by
"Moses, he alone, shall come near unto Jehovah,"
is meant the conjunction and presence
of the Lord through the Word.

. . . withdrawals from the Lord, and approaches to Him,
are precisely according to the good of love
and the derivative faith
from Him and to Him.