AC 10097 - Worship From Freedom

AC 10097

It is said "from the peace sacrifices,"
(Exodus 29:28)
because by these is meant
worship which is from freedom;
. . . and those things which are voluntary
are from a person's freedom.
That is called free which is done from love,
thus which is from the will,
for that which a person loves, he wills.
The Lord flows in with a person into his love,
thus into his will,
and causes that what a person receives
he receives in freedom;
and that which is received in freedom,
also becomes free,
and is loved by him,
consequently it becomes of his life.