Sunday, March 31, 2024

NJHD 11-12 - Knowing the Necessities: Good & Truth

NJHD 11-12

All things in the universe,
which are according to Divine order,
have relation to good and truth.
There is nothing in heaven,
and nothing in the world,
which does not have relation to these two;
the reason is, because both good and truth
proceed from the Divine
from Whom all things are.

So it appears that there is nothing
more necessary for a person to know
than what good and truth are;
how the one has respect to the other;
and how one is conjoined to the other.
But such knowledge is especially necessary
for the person of the church;
for as all things of heaven
have relation to good and truth,
so also have all things of the church,
because the good and truth of heaven
are also the good and truth of the church.
It is on this account
that a beginning is made from good and truth.

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