The Gist of Swedenborg by Emanuel Swedenborg
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in Him, from Him.
--_Heavenly Doctrine, nn._ 210, 213 In the Holy Supper the Lord is fully present, both as to His glorified Humanity, and as to the Divine. And because He is fully present, therefore the whole of His redemption is; for where the Lord the Redeemer is, there redemption is. Therefore all who observe the Holy Communion worthily, become His redeemed, and receives the fruits of redemption, namely, liberation from hell, union with the Lord, and salvation. --_True Christian Religion, nn._ 716, 717 THE RESPONSIBLE LIFE IN THE WORLD "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me." --_Matthew_, XI, 29 There are those who believe that it is difficult to live the life which leads to heaven, which is called the spiritual life, because they have heard that one must renounce the world, must divest himself of the lusts called the lusts of the body and the flesh, and must live spiritually. They take this to mean that they must cast away worldly things, which are especially riches and honors; that they must go continually in pious meditation on God, salvation, and eternal life; and must spend their life in prayers and in reading the Word and pious books. But those who renounce the world and live in the spirit in this |
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