336. 3. None of these states is possible except from the Lord alone; and they are possible only with people who go to Him alone and live according to His commandments. We have demonstrated this in many places previously. We need only add here that none of these blessings, felicities and delights is possible except from the Lord, and that He is the one, therefore, to whom one must go. Who else shall one go to, when by Him were all things made that were made (John 1:3)? When He is God of heaven and earth (Matthew 28:18)? When no one has ever seen any manifestation of God the Father or heard His voice except through Him (John 1:18, 5:37, 14:6-11)? From these and many other passages in the Word, it is clear that from Him alone emanates the marriage of love and wisdom or of goodness and truth which is the sole origin from which individual marriages spring.

It follows accordingly that truly conjugial love with its felicities is possible only with people who go to the Lord. We say in addition, with those who live according to His commandments, because to such He is joined by love (John 14:21-24).