The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
TEMPTATION
(pt. 8)
Emanuel Swedenborg
• Doctrinal Series •
TEMPTATION
(pt. 8)
The Lord alone combats for man in temptations. If man does not believe that the Lord alone combats and conquers for him, he undergoes only external temptation; which is not serviceable to him.
(The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 195)