336. (iii) It is the Lord alone who can grant all these, and they are not granted except to those who approach Him only, and at the same time live in accordance with His commandments.
This has been proved before in many places. We need to add that all those blessings, bliss and pleasures can only be granted by the Lord, and therefore no other is to be approached. How could there be any other, when 'through Him were made all things that were made' (John 1:3); when 'He is the God of heaven and earth' (Matt. 28:18); when 'never has any appearance of God the Father been seen, nor has His voice been heard, except through Him' (John 1:18; 5:37; 14:6-11)? These and very many other passages in the Word establish that the marriage of love and wisdom, or of good and truth, the sole origin of marriages, comes from the Lord alone. From this it follows that this love together with its kinds of happiness is not granted to any except those who approach Him. It is granted to those who live in accordance with His commandments, because He is linked to them by love (John 14:21-24).