Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
We worship One God
Which is One Person in Jesus Christ.
God is One Person, not mysteriously "Three in One".
Practice and belief are two sides of the same coin,
Heaven is not awarded to any person
Based upon the criteria of "faith alone".
Nor is faith made void,
But we must show our faith
Through genuine love and care toward one another.
The Godly, those who truly have a place in heaven,
Have a connection with heaven.
And through this connection,
They recognize the truth for what it is:
They love what is true for the sake of what is true,
And what is good, for the sake of what is good.
God is Truth itself, and Love itself.
Swedenborg could see into the spiritual realm:
He spoke with angels in the other life
And gained many insights.
Everything in the physical world
Corresponds to something in the spiritual world.
These correspondences reveal a deeper meaning to the Bible.
We have a physical body in this life
And a spiritual body in the next.
Our spiritual body is of the form of love and wisdom we possess.
Our spiritual beauty is made manifest!
We continually grow into more beautiful angels:
Wiser and more loving.
To be dead in the physical body is to be alive in the spiritual body.
We live eternally with our one perfect soul mate, in marriage love
Eternally increasing in love and wisdom.
Swedenborg showed us the way to true enlightenment:
Through genuine love toward our neighbour.
Live to show ourselves approved.
As the divinely inspired prophet said,
"Religion is all about life,
And the life of religion is to do good".
4/20/08
4/26/08
Author notes
Emanuel Swedenborg was the founding Prophet of the "New Church", a new age of Christianity. His doctrines differ greatly from those of other Christian faiths. If you wish to learn more about the Swedenborgian faith, please visit www.swedenborg.org.
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I have never heard of Emanual Swedenborg
but we believe the same thing
that is the proof that knowledge comes from within
and we are indeed connected.
again this is what I am looking for in this contest
I want to see this connection.
brilliant very brilliant write
To learn this truth,
you must have been searching quite a while.
thank you for entering and God bless...
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Yes! I checked to see if you won, and here I see you have. Spendid, splendid write, Thomas. Very well done!!!! Congrats!!!!
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Congratulatiaons on winning gold in this contest and sharing your faith with us. Learned something new today. Have a great one.
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Thank you for sharing. I find this very interesting.
I have never heard of it before. Thank you very much for your entry. I am going to read more about it.
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