AC 2261 - The Lord's Life Is Mercy

AC 2261 [3]

The life of truth, and thus of faith,
is solely from the Lord,
who is life itself.
The Lord's life is mercy,
which is that of love toward the universal human race.
In the Lord's life
those can in no wise have part
who although they profess the truths of faith
despise others in comparison with themselves,
and who, when their life of the love of self
and of the world is touched,
hold the neighbor in hatred,
and take delight in his loss of wealth, of honor,
of reputation, and of life.
But the case with the truths of faith
is that by means of them man is regenerated,
for they are the veriest vessels recipient of good.
Such therefore as are the truths,
and such as are the goods in the truths,
and such as is their conjunction
and the consequent capability
of being perfected in the other life,
such is the state of blessedness
and happiness after death.