Sunday, February 22, 2026

TCR 50, 51, 53, 55 - God's Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence and Order

TCR 50

. . . God's omnipotence, omniscience 
and omnipresence arise through 
the wisdom of His love
is what is meant by the following passage from John:

In the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, 
and the Word was God. 
All things were made through Him, 
and without Him was nothing made which was made. 
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men; 
and the world was made through Him; 
and the Word was made flesh.

John 1:1, 3-4, 10, 14

'Word' here means Divine Truth, 
or, what comes to the same thing, 
the Divine Wisdom. 
That is why it is also called life and light; 
for these are nothing but wisdom.

TCR 51

In the Word 
righteousness is used with reference to love 
and judgment to wisdom . . ..

TCR 53

God is order itself 
and therefore that He of Himself 
introduced order both into the universe 
and every one of its parts. 
It was a most perfect order that He introduced, 
because all that He created was good, 
as we read in the Book of Creation. 

TCR 55

Anyone can see 
that there is no empire, kingdom, duchy, 
republic, city or house 
which lacks the support of laws, 
to impose order 
and so control the form of its government. 
In each case
the laws of righteousness occupy the highest place, 
political laws the second place, 
and the laws governing the economy the third. 
If we make a comparison with a person, 
the laws of righteousness are the head, 
those of politics the body, 
those of the economy the clothes. 
That is why these last can be changed, 
like clothes. 
As for the order 
which God established for the church, 
this consists in having God in every single part of it, 
and having the neighbor as the object 
towards which order should be directed. 
The laws of this order are as many 
as the truths in the Word; 
the laws which relate to God make up the head, 
those which relate to the neighbor the body, 
and its ceremonies make the clothes. 
For if the ceremonies were not there to contain 
the other things in their proper order, 
it would be like stripping the body 
and exposing it to heat in summer 
and cold in winter; 
or like taking away the walls and roof of a church, 
so that the chancel, altar and pulpit 
were in the open air 
exposed to all the various extremes of the weather. 


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