Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 2998

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2998. Thus they were informed that they ought never to say something different from what they think, except out of extreme necessity. It was because they were not yet such that the inflow of the Lord with them could operate, so that they would say what they were thinking. 1748, 30 Aug. Hence the conclusion follows that such can indeed be let into heaven, but cannot stay long, not even in the outer court. Since they could not be in the outer court, therefore there could not be an interaction of their inward with their outward qualities.


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