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1 Netiesājiet, lai jūs netiktu tiesāti!

2 Kādu tiesu jūs spriedīsiet, tāda jums tiks spriesta, un ar kādu mēru jūs mērīsiet, ar tādu jums tiks atmērīts.

3 Bet ko tu raugi skabargu sava brāļa acī, bet baļķi savā acī neredzi?

4 Vai arī kā tu vari sacīt savam brālim: atļauj man izvilkt skabargu no tavas acs! Un, lūk, baļķis ir tavā acī?

5 Liekuli, izmet vispirms baļķi no savas acs un tad lūko izvilkt skabargu no sava brāļa acs!

6 Nedodiet svētumu suņiem un nemetiet pērles cūkām, ka viņas kādreiz tās nesamītu kājām un atgriezušās jūs nesaplosītu!

7 Lūdziet, un jums tiks dots, meklējiet, un jūs atradīsiet, klauvējiet, un jums tiks atvērts!

8 Jo katrs, kas lūdz, saņem, kas meklē - atrod, un kas klauvē, tam tiek atvērts.

9 Vai starp jums ir cilvēks, kas pasniegtu savam dēlam akmeni, ja tas lūgtu maizi?

10 Vai arī kas dotu čūsku, ja viņš lūgtu zivi?

11 Ja tad jūs, kas esat ļauni, protat saviem bērniem dot labas dāvanas, cik daudz vairāk jūsu Tēvs, kas debesīs, dos labu tiem, kas Viņu lūdz!

12 Tātad visu, ko jūs vēlaties, lai cilvēki jums darītu, dariet jūs viņiem, jo tā ir bauslība un pravieši!

13 Ieejiet caur šaurajiem vārtiem, jo plaši ir vārti un plats ir ceļš, kas ved pazušanā; un ir daudzi, kas pa to iet.

14 Cik šauri ir vārti un šaurs ir ceļš, kas ved dzīvībā! Un tikai nedaudzi to atrod.

15 Sargieties no viltīgajiem praviešiem, kas nāk pie jums avju drēbēs, bet iekšienē ir plēsīgi vilki!

16 No viņu augļiem jūs tos pazīsiet. Vai no ērkšķiem novāc vīnogas, vai vīģes no dadžiem?

17 Tā katrs labs koks dod labus augļus, bet nelabs koks dod nelabus augļus.

18 Labs koks nevar dot nelabus augļus, un nelabs koks nevar dot labus augļus.

19 Katrs koks, kas nedod labus augļus, tiek nocirsts un ugunī iemests.

20 Tātad pēc to augļiem jūs pazīsiet tos.

21 Ne katrs, kas man saka: Kungs! Kungs! ieies debesvalstībā, bet kas izpilda mana Tēva gribu, kas debesīs, tas ieies debesvalstībā.

22 Daudzi man sacīs tanī dienā: Kungs, Kungs, vai ne Tavā vārdā mēs pravietojām un Tavā vārdā neizdzinām ļaunos garus, un Tavā vārdā nedarījām daudz brīnumu?

23 Un tad es viņiem pasludināšu: Es nekad jūs neesmu pazinis; atkāpieties no manis, jūs ļaundari!

24 Tātad katrs, kas šos manus vārdus dzird un tos izpilda, būs līdzīgs prātīgajam vīram, kas savu namu cēlis uz klints.

25 Un lija lietus, un nāca plūdi, un pūta vēji, un gāzās pār šo māju, bet tā nesagruva, jo tā bija celta uz klints.

26 Un katrs, kas šos vārdus dzird, bet tos neizpilda, būs līdzīgs neprātīgajam vīram, kas savu māju cēla uz smiltīm.

27 Un lija lietus, un nāca plūdi, un pūta vēji, un gāzās pār šo māju, un tā sagruva; un tās posts bija liels.

28 Un notika, kad Jēzus pabeidza šos vārdus, ka ļaudis brīnījās par Viņa mācību.

29 Jo Viņš tos mācīja kā tāds, kam ir vara, un ne tā kā rakstu mācītāji un farizeji.

   

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Conjugial Love #523

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523. THE IMPUTATION OF EACH LOVE, LICENTIOUS AND CONJUGIAL

The Lord says, "Judge not, that you be not condemned." 1 (Matthew 7:1) This cannot in the least mean judging of someone's moral and civil life in the world, but judging of someone's spiritual and heavenly life. Who does not see that if people were not allowed to judge of the moral life of those dwelling with them in the world, society would collapse? What would become of society if there were no public courts of law, and if no one was permitted to have his judgment of another? But to judge what the inner mind or soul is like within, thus what a person's spiritual state is and so his fate after death - of this one is not permitted to judge, because it is known to the Lord alone. Nor does the Lord reveal it until after death, in order that everyone may do what he does in freedom, and that good or evil may consequently be from him and so in him, and the person thus live his own life and be his own person to eternity.

The inner qualities of the mind, hidden in the world, are revealed after death for the reason that it affects and benefits the societies into which the person then comes; for all there are spiritual. That these inner qualities are then revealed is evident from these words of the Lord:

There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken into the ear in your rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. (Luke 12:2-3)

[2] A general judgment is allowed, such as the following, "If you are in your inward qualities as you appear in your outward ones, you will be saved or condemned." But a specific judgment - as for example to say, "You are of this or that character in your inward qualities, therefore you will be saved or condemned" - is not allowed.

Judgment with respect to a person's spiritual life or the inner life of the soul is meant by the imputation which we take up here. What mortal person knows who is licentious at heart and who is married at heart? And yet it is the thoughts of the heart, or purposes of the will, which judge everyone.

But this subject will be presented according to the following outline:

1. Everyone has imputed to him after death the evil in which he is engaged; likewise the good.

2. A transfer of one person's good to another is impossible.

3. If such a transference is meant by imputation, imputation is a frivolous term.

4. Evil is imputed to a person in accordance with the nature of his will and in accordance with the nature of his understanding; so, too, good.

5. Thus is licentious love imputed to a person.

6. And so, too, conjugial love.

Explanation of these statements now follows.

Footnotes:

1. The text here follows the translation of Sebastian Schmidt, Biblia Sacra, Argentorati (Strasburg), 1696.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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