AC 10218 - From the Lord Alone Come All Goods and Truths

AC 10218 [4]

. . . all the goods and truths of faith and love
are from the Divine and not at all from a person,
is also known in the church,
and likewise
that it is evil for a person to attribute them to himself;
and that those are delivered from this evil
who acknowledge and believe
that these are from the Lord,
for so they claim for themselves
nothing which is Divine and from the Divine.
But see what has been shown above
on this subject, namely,
-- that those who believe
that they do good of themselves
and not from the Lord,
believe that they merit heaven (n. 9974);
-- that goods from self and not from the Lord
are not good,
because those who do goods from themselves
do them from evil (n. 9975, 9980);
-- that such despise the neighbor,
and are angry with God Himself
if they do not receive a reward (n. 9976);
-- that such persons cannot receive
heaven into themselves (n. 9977);
-- that they cannot possibly fight against the hells;
but that the Lord fights for those
who acknowledge and believe
that all goods and truths are from Him (n. 9978);
-- and that the Lord alone is merit and righteousness
(n. 9486, 9715, 9809, 9979-9984, 10019, 10152).