THE DOCTRINE OF LIFE
for the
NEW JERUSALEM
FROM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Emanuel Swedenborg
— Doctrinal Series —
(pt. 104)
A MAN OUGHT TO SHUN EVILS AS SINS
AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM AS OF HIMSELF
As there is in man, from the Lord, this ability to reciprocate and return, and consequently this mutuality, the Lord says that a man must keep the commandments, and also that he must bring forth fruit:for the
NEW JERUSALEM
FROM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Emanuel Swedenborg
— Doctrinal Series —
(pt. 104)
A MAN OUGHT TO SHUN EVILS AS SINS
AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM AS OF HIMSELF
• Why call ye Me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? (Luke 6:46-49).
• If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them (John 13:17).
• Ye are My friends, if ye do the things which I command you (John 15:14).
• Whosoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 5:19).
• Everyone therefore who heareth these words of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken to a wise man (Matt. 7:24).
• Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance (Matt. 3:8).
• Make the tree good, and its fruit good (Matt. 12:33).
• The kingdom shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof (Matt. 21:43).
• Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire (Matt. 7:19).
And so in many other places: from all which it is evident that a man must act of himself but from the Lord's power, which he must petition for. For this is to act as from himself.
(LIFE 104)