Verse 38. And those who have their position in the inmost heaven which is celestial, and who are thence in the highest light of truth from good, are in Divine Truth and Divine Good and the truths thence derived immediately proceeding from the Lord; and their function is the preservation of the supreme love of the Lord and the neighbour, or of the love of truth conjoined with good in the highest degree; nor is it possible that those who are out of the church, or in evil, can fulfill their uses, or occupy their position without spiritual death.