Swedenborg. The understanding of his works. Practical learning. » Misusing the truth by turning it to one’s own ends https://newchurch.net Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33) Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:48:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 “‘That the devil may not seduce them and put evils into their hearts; knowing that while they are not led by the Lord, he leads and breathes in evils of every kind, such as hatreds, revenges, cunnings, deceits as a serpent breathes in poisons.” [AE 1148] https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/ https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:52 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=639   As is generally known in the Church the devil in the most general sense stands for hell. In a less general sense as when compared to Satan, the devil stands for the hell opposed to the celestial kingdom, while Satan stands for the hell opposed to the spiritual kingdom. In the abstract sense the […]

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]]> https://newchurch.net/hatreds-revenges-cunnings-deceits/feed/ 0 “Knowing that while they are not led by the Lord, the devil will lead and breathe in evils of all kinds such as hatreds, revenges, cunnings and deceits” (A.E. 1148) https://newchurch.net/knowing-that-while-they-are-not-led-by-the-lord-the-devil-will-lead-and-breathe-in-evils-of-all-kinds-such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-and-deceits-ae-1148/ https://newchurch.net/knowing-that-while-they-are-not-led-by-the-lord-the-devil-will-lead-and-breathe-in-evils-of-all-kinds-such-as-hatreds-revenges-cunnings-and-deceits-ae-1148/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:31:12 +0000 http://newchurch.net/?p=630 The general teaching of the text is that man is, at all times, led either by the Lord, or by hell. This is a well known teaching of the Lord, but one which few believe in the life. Man’s nature is to seek for his own life, which appears to be neither of Heaven or […]

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