DP 256, 257, 259 - The Lord Gives

DP 256

. . . where the Word is read reverently
and the Lord worshiped in the light of the Word,
there the Lord is present with heaven.
And the reason is that the Lord is the Word,
and the Word is the Divine truth which produces heaven.
Therefore the Lord says,

 . . . where two or three are gathered together in My name,
I am there in the midst of them.
(Matthew 18:20)

DP 257 [3]

. . . apart from the Lord there is no salvation . . ..

DP 259 [3]

There are three essential components of the church:
acknowledgment of the Lord's Divinity;
acknowledgment of the holiness of the Word;
and living the life called charity.
-- Everyone has faith
according as he lives a life of charity;
-- from the Word
he has a concept of what that life must be;
-- and from the Lord
he gains reformation and salvation.