AC 10112 - The First of Religion; AC 10114 [2] - A New State; AC 10119 - The Lord's Commands

AC 10112 - The First of Religion

. . . to acknowledge one's God is the first of religion . . .

For whatever a person calls true, and believes,
and whatever he calls good, and loves,
cannot be called true and good
unless it is from the Divine,
that is unless it is from the Lord;
it is also known that of himself
a person cannot believe and do what is good;
but that all truth and all good come from above.

AC 10114 [2] - A New State

A new state is every state
of the conjunction of good and truth
which exists when the person
who is being regenerated acts from good,
thus from the affection which is of love,
and not as before from truth,
or from mere obedience.
There is also a new state
when those who are in heaven
are in the good of love,
which state is there called morning,
for the states of love and of faith vary there,
like noon, evening, twilight, and morning on earth.
And there is also a new state
when an old church is ceasing,
and a new one is beginning.
All these new states in the Word
are meant by "morning,"

AC 10119 - The Lord's Commands

. . . whatever the Lord commands
is according to Divine order,
thus according to its laws,
because the divine truth that proceeds from
the Lord's Divine good in the heavens,
thus the Lord there,
is order itself;
and therefore
everything that the Lord commands is a law of order.