Marriage #82
82. Those who read the Word without doctrine - those who cannot avoid falling into many fallacies from the sense of the letter, which is in accordance with appearances in man's sight, and who have at the same time absorbed many falsities and convinced themselves of them, and who at the same time are consequently proud of their own intelligence - these produce adultery as of a father with his daughter-in-law.
329 - Selling Everything to Joseph
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Selling Everything to Joseph
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Spiritual famine may eventually drive us to attribute to the Lord all of our truth and love and even our capacity to receive those qualities.
References:
Genesis 47:13-26
Deuteronomy 30:7-10
2 Kings 23:25
Psalms 51:14-19
Isaiah 2:10-18
Joel 2:12-13
Acts of the Apostles 5:1-11
1 Corinthians 6:12-15
Revelation 9:20-21; 16:8-11
This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.