A SUMMATION OF THE ABOVE SPIRITUAL TRUTHS:
1. .- The Faith of the New Heaven and the New Church
The faith of the new heaven and the new church is that God Himself came into the world as the Lord Jesus Christ to restore spiritual order, and that people are saved by believing in Him in a way that shapes how they live.
2. - The Unity of God
The unity of God is the foundation of all religion. Because God is one, truth coheres, goodness has direction, and faith can unite with life; when God is divided, religion loses its soul.
3. - The Divine Esse (Jehovah)
Jehovah is Being itself and Life itself, the source from which all things exist and live. Nothing exists from itself, and all life depends continually on God.
4. - The Infinity of God (Immensity and Eternity)
God is infinite - not extended in space or stretched in time, but present to all things everywhere and always. Divine presence removes distance and delay from spiritual life.
5. - Divine Love and Divine Wisdom
God’s essence is Divine love united with Divine wisdom. Love provides the purpose of all things, and wisdom provides their form; where they are united, there is life and heaven.
6. - Omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence
God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent because Divine love acts through Divine wisdom according to perfect order, never violating freedom or compelling belief.
7. - The Creation of the Universe
The universe was created from Divine love through Divine wisdom according to order, so that finite beings could receive life and be conjoined with God.
8. - The Lord the Redeemer
The Lord redeemed humanity by coming into the world, enduring real spiritual temptations, subjugating the hells, and glorifying His Human, making freedom and regeneration possible.
9. - Redemption
Redemption was the Lord’s work of restoring spiritual order by restraining the hells, making repentance and salvation possible, though not automatic.
10. - The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Lord’s Divine truth and power in action, proceeding from His glorified Human, the Lord Jesus Christ, to enlighten, reform, and regenerate according to freedom.
11. - The Divine Trinity
The Divine Trinity exists in one God and one Person, the Lord Jesus Christ: the Divine source, the Divine Human, and the Divine operation, united as one.
12. - The Sacred Scripture (The Word)
The Sacred Scripture is Divine truth itself, through which the Lord is present, teaches truth, reforms the mind, and conjoins people with heaven.
13. - The Decalogue Explained
The Decalogue is the universal law of spiritual life, teaching how to turn away from evil and live in love toward God and the neighbor, forming the foundation of regeneration.
14. - Faith
Faith is trust in the Lord formed from truth and fulfilled in life. Where faith and life are united, faith is living and saving; where they are separated, faith is empty.
15. - Charity and Good Works
Charity is love toward the neighbor expressed through useful action. Where charity governs life, faith is alive and heaven is present.
16. - Freedom of Choice
Freedom of choice in spiritual matters is essential to salvation, preserved by equilibrium between heaven and hell so that faith, repentance, and love may be freely chosen.
17. - Repentance
Repentance is the first step of spiritual life, requiring honest self-examination, acknowledgment of evils, prayer to the Lord, and a new way of living.
18. - Reformation and Regeneration
Reformation and regeneration are the gradual creation of a new understanding and a new will, accomplished through truth, repentance, temptation, and cooperation with the Lord.
19. - Imputation
Imputation is the attribution of good or evil according to what a person freely chooses and lives, not the transfer of guilt or righteousness from another.
20. - Baptism
Baptism is a sign and pledge of entrance into the Christian church and into the life of regeneration, obligating a person to learn truth and live accordingly.
21. - The Holy Supper
The Holy Supper is a sacred means of conjunction with the Lord, nourishing spiritual life through the reception of Divine good and Divine truth when approached with repentance.
22. - The Consummation of the Age, the Last Judgment, and the New Church
The consummation and the Last Judgment are spiritual events, ending corrupted religion and beginning a New Church centered on the Lord and a life of faith and charity.