AC 4194 - Conjunction

AC 4194

For all who are in good
are conjoined with the Divine of the Lord,
and on account of this conjunction
are called by the Lord "brethren;"
as in Mark:

Jesus looking round on them which sat about Him,
said, Behold My mother, and My brethren;
for whosoever shall do the will of God,
the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.
(Mark 3:31, 34-35)
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All conjunction is through love and charity,
as everyone can see;
for spiritual conjunction is nothing else
than love and charity.
That love to the Lord is conjunction with Him is clear;
and that charity toward the neighbor is the same,
is evident from the words of the Lord in Matthew:

Inasmuch as you did it
unto one of the least of these My brethren,
you did it unto Me.
(Matthew 25:40);

the subject treated of here
being the works of charity.