Rev. Kim Hinrichs – September 20, 2009
September 21st, 2009“Why Isn’t it Just Easy? Some Thoughts on the Mandorla, Misfits and Paradox.”
Numbers 14:1-4
Matthew 5:1-12
Swedenborg
People uninformed about human regeneration suppose that a person can be regenerated without temptation, and some that he has been regenerated after he has undergone a single temptation. But let it be known that no one can be regenerated without temptation, and that he suffers very many temptations, following one after another. The reason for this is that regeneration takes place to the end that the life of the old man may die and a new, heavenly life may be instilled. From this one may recognize that conflict is altogether inevitable; for the life of the old man stands its ground and refuses to be snuffed out, and the life of the new man cannot enter except where the life of the old has been snuffed out. From this it is evident that fierce conflict takes place between mutually hostile sides, since each is fighting for its life. Arcana Celestia #8403.2
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