TCR 191 - the style of the Word and our intentions in reading It

TCR 191
But the natural person still cannot be convinced by quotations
that the Word is Divine truth itself,
containing Divine wisdom and Divine life,
because he looks at it from the point of view of its style,
and in this he cannot see these things.
However, the style of the Word is the actual style of God,
beyond comparisons with any other style,
however high-flown and magnificent.
Such is the style of the Word
that there is holiness in every sentence, every word,
in some places even every letter.
Thus the Word forms a conjunction between a person and the Lord,
and opens the way to heaven . . .
But it ought properly to be known
that the only people to have life from the Word
are those who read it
with the intention of drawing Divine truths from it,
like water from the spring,
and at the same time with the intention
of putting the Divine truths drawn from it into practice in their lives.
The reverse happens to those whose only intention in reading the Word
is to win honors and gain worldly advantages.