new church life:
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this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” (John 15:13)
The Rev. Todd J. Beiswenger is pastor of the Hurstville
Society in New South Wales, Australia, where he lives with
his wife, Jenn (Jorgenson), and son, Zach. Prior to leaving for
Australia he served with the Rev. Thomas H. Rose in Ivyland,
Pennsylvania. Contact: [email protected] or
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O U R N E W C H U RC H V O C A B U L A R Y
Part of a continuing series developed by the Rev. W. Cairns Henderson, 1961-1966.
DELIGHTS
Those exterior goods which are in the natural, and which are felt as delightful when
interior goods flow into that degree of the mind, are called “delights.” This is done to
distinguish them from the interior goods of love and affection which inflow and produce
them. In the singular, however, this term refers to that which is the all of life both with those
who are in heaven and with those who are in hell.
With the former, this is good and truth; with the latter, it is evil and falsity. What is meant
by the all of life may be seen if we consider that in the performance of every necessary action
there is a delight, without which the action might be left undone or would be done lifelessly.
It is for this reason also that delights are described as means, that is, means by which, though
not from which, uses are performed. (See Arcana Coelestia 7356; True Christian Religion 570;
Arcana Coelestia 4063.)
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