AC 10129 & AC 10131 - The Lord Flows In and We Receive

AC 10129 [2, 9-10]

It is said "flows in,"
because the Lord is above the heavens,
and flows in from there;
and yet He is still as One present in the heavens.

By celestial good is meant
the good of love from the Lord to the Lord,
and by spiritual good is meant the good of charity
toward the neighbor from the Lord.
The very good of love to the Lord from the Lord
is "holy of holies,"
because through it
the Lord conjoins Himself immediately;
but the good of charity toward the neighbor is "holy,"
because through it
the Lord conjoins Himself mediately,
and He conjoins Himself
insofar as it has in it the good of love from the Lord.

The good of love to the Lord from the Lord
is in all the good of charity which is genuine,
and likewise in all the good of faith
which is genuine,
because it flows in from the Lord;
for no one can love the neighbor,
and from love do good to him, from himself,
but only from the Lord;
and no one can believe in God from himself,
but only from the Lord.
Therefore when the Lord is acknowledged,
and the neighbor is loved,
then the Lord is in the love toward the neighbor,
however little the person may know it.

(AC 9812 [3] - . . . inmostly in natural good
there must be celestial good,
that is, the good of love to the Lord,
which also is the good of innocence.)

AC 10131

. . . by "lambs" is meant the good of innocence,
and the good of innocence is the only thing
that receives the Lord,
because without the good of innocence
love to the Lord is not possible,
nor charity toward the neighbor,
nor faith that has life in it,
nor in general any good
in which is the Divine.

. . . It is the Word which conjoins;
in the Word is the Lord,
and the Lord is the Word
(John 1:1, and following verses).