HH 522-523 - The Divine Mercy Works With Divine Order

HH 522

The divine mercy is pure mercy
towards the whole human race, to save it;
and it is also unceasing towards every person,
and is never withdrawn from any one;
so that everyone is saved who can be saved.
And yet no one can be saved except by Divine means,
which means the Lord reveals in the Word.
The Divine means are what are called Divine truths,
which teach how a person must live
in order to be saved.
By these truths the Lord leads a person to heaven,
and by them He implants in a person the life of heaven.
This the Lord does for all.
But the life of heaven can be implanted in no one
unless he abstains from evil,
for evil obstructs.
So far, therefore, as a person abstains from evil
he is led by the Lord out of pure mercy
by His Divine means,
and this from infancy to the end of his life in the world
and afterwards to eternity.
This is what is meant by the Divine mercy.
And from this it is evident
that the mercy of the Lord is pure mercy,
but not apart from means,
that is, it does not look to saving all
out of mere good pleasure,
however they may have lived.

HH 523

The Lord never does anything contrary to order,
because He Himself is Order.
The Divine truth that goes forth from the Lord
is what constitutes order;
and Divine truths are the laws of order.
It is in accord with these laws
that the Lord leads a person.
Consequently to save a person
by mercy apart from means
would be contrary to Divine order,
and what is contrary to Divine order
is contrary to the Divine.
Divine order is heaven in a person,
and a person has perverted this in himself
by a life contrary to the laws of order,
which are Divine truths.
Into this order a person is brought back by the Lord
out of pure mercy by means of the laws of order;
and so far as he is brought back into this order
he receives heaven in himself;
and he that receives heaven
in himself enters heaven.
This again makes evident
that the Lord's Divine mercy is pure mercy,
and not mercy apart from means.