Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 841

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841. Moreover, someone naked also appeared, flame-colored, or like a flame, on bent knees and with his palms toward the Lord. Who he was, I was not told; I suppose that those are of his kind who believe they deserve salvation merely for their prayers, the flaming color meaning that they want to justify themselves, like [the Pharisee] in the temple [Luke 18:9-14], by their own merits. 1748, 18 February.


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