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God
“All things of human reason converge and, so to speak, focus in this - that there is one God who is the creator of the universe. So the person who possesses reason neither does nor can think otherwise. Tell someone of sound reason that there are two creators of the universe and you will feel a resistance from that individual within yourself, simply from the sound of his or her voice in your ears. . . . Can anyone whose reason is healthy fail to perceive that the divine is not divided, that there is no plurality of infinite, uncreated, omnipotent beings or gods?” Divine Love and Wisdom 23, 27 “There are two things which make up the essence of God: love and wisdom. And there are three things which make up the essence of His love: to love others outside of Himself; to desire to be one with them; and to make them happy from Himself. The same three things make up the essence of His wisdom; because love and wisdom in God make one, and love wills these things, and wisdom accomplishes them.” True Christian Religion 43
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God in Life:
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“God could not use his omnipotence to rescue us except by becoming human; and he could not make his human divine except by having his human be first life the human of an infant, then like that of a child, and later by having that human form itself into a vessel and dwelling into which the Father could enter. This was accomplished by his fulfillment of all things of the Word - that is, all the laws of the (divine) design that it contains. To the extent that he did accomplish this, he made himself one with the Father, and the Father made himself one with him.” True Christian Religion 73.3 “When it is said that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three essentials of one God, like the soul, body and operation in man, it appears to the human mind as if these three essentials were three Persons, which is impossible; but when it is understood that the Divine of the Father which constitutes the soul and the Divine of the Son which constitutes the body, and the Divine of the Holy Spirit or the Divine Proceeding which constitutes the operation, are the three essentials of one God, the statement becomes comprehensible.” True Christian Religion 168 “The reason why it pleased the Lord to be born a man was, that He might actually put on a Human, and might make this Divine, so save the human race. Know, therefore, that the Lord is Yahweh Himself or the Father in human form. This the Lord also teaches in John, "I and the Father are one" (x.30); again, "Jesus said, From now on you have known and seen the Father. . . . He that has seen Me has seen the Father" (xiv. 7,9) Arcana Coelestia 9315
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