tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post908464465987695379..comments2023-08-18T03:19:29.023-04:00Comments on Spiritual Practice and Consciousness: SWEDENBORG ON ST. PAULJeremy Finkeldeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15791749661406656762noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-35285679528341350712022-12-26T04:34:05.333-05:002022-12-26T04:34:05.333-05:00We are all considered saints and apostles of Chris...We are all considered saints and apostles of Christ if you follow Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-6375772507468894232022-04-15T01:43:08.608-04:002022-04-15T01:43:08.608-04:00There is a great historical treatise on early Chri...There is a great historical treatise on early Chritianity by Robert H. Eisenman:<br /><br />James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls<br /><br />One of the commentators on this book states:<br />"Eisenman’s very lucid reconstruction of the Early Church demolishes the propaganda that Paul and his followers created in order to hide his murder of James - Jesus’ brother - and how he managed to hoodwink all of subsequent history into believing a whole series of lies." <br /> <br />This historians revelations about what is written in the Dead Sea Scrolls seem to parallel Swedenborg's insights about Paul.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580748721447042748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-85862269063946212072022-02-28T10:17:23.385-05:002022-02-28T10:17:23.385-05:00I think Swedenborgians should be embarrassed by Sw...I think Swedenborgians should be embarrassed by Swedenborg's alleged experience with St. Paul in the afterlife. There are wonderful parts of the writings that are uplifting and helpful in assisting an individual live a better, more loving life. But to trash St. Paul shows that ES had much of his own thinking and ego in large portions of what he wrote. Swedenborg needs to be properly placed in the history of Christian mystics, not someone who's writing is infallible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-54661184502627034982020-11-24T22:59:39.989-05:002020-11-24T22:59:39.989-05:00After looking into a handful of the articles on yo...After looking into a handful of the articles on your web site, I honestly like your way of writing a blog. I bookmarked it to my bookmark site list and will be checking back in the near future. Please visit my website too and tell me your opinion.erectile dysfunction remedieshttps://besterectiledysfunctionpills.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-86613358784835914532020-07-17T17:19:46.615-04:002020-07-17T17:19:46.615-04:00The fact that Paul consistently wanted to be calle...The fact that Paul consistently wanted to be called an Apostle gives credence to Swedenborg's claim that Paul inner self was seeking status, the opposite of servanthood. ChristainXXVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648797273823268807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-92222017281121991662019-09-06T15:13:42.191-04:002019-09-06T15:13:42.191-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.NightFlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353837222817533315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-23690931845604924812019-02-14T16:53:58.695-05:002019-02-14T16:53:58.695-05:00I just want to express my appreciation for the con...I just want to express my appreciation for the content of this information regarding Saul of Tarsus. As I child I was taught Paul's doctrine of salvation by faith alone and tried, repeatedly, to become "saved" during years of church attendance and repeated baptisms. During my first year of Bible College I admitted to my continual doubts about my salvation and thought to leave the college, feeling a spiritual failure. The president of the college somehow convinced me I WAS saved and I left his office on cloud nine (literally). It was not long before I realize I had a ticket to Heaven and no longer needed any spiritual school, training, connection or anything else. I was going to heaven and I KNEW it. Fast forward through years of experimentation with all the weirdness of life in the 70's and 80's. One day in 1987 I came across the writings of Swedenborg in a small town library. His has been the only theology to make any sense to me after all the confusion of Bible, religion, philosophy, science, alternative spirituality, etc.. I now have my sanity back and am on a sane road to repentance and renewal. Especially glorious was the discovery from Swedenborg of the Last Judgement and the Second Coming. Thank you for your extensive work on this blog. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604839613148779924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-91155680481927349012018-09-01T08:31:16.967-04:002018-09-01T08:31:16.967-04:00If the LAST judgment has already taken place, what...If the LAST judgment has already taken place, what implications or hints should those who are still expecting the LAST judgment get out of this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681392581428055885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-11685891636520491602014-07-02T22:23:44.557-04:002014-07-02T22:23:44.557-04:00If salvation was by works, a perfect God could onl...If salvation was by works, a perfect God could only accept those who are as perfect as Himself. That means that the only person worthy of Heaven is Jesus! Just a single evil thought is enough to banish us from Heaven, because God cannot accept even the "smallest" sin and remain perfect - and if He ceases to be perfect, He ceases to be God!<br />This is where salvation through faith comes in. We imperfect beings have faith in the saving ministry of the perfect One - Jesus. But that does not mean that we can go on sinning. Chrst saves us from sin - not just the penalty of sin - and progressively brings us into His own perfection. This perfection is not reached until Heaven, but if we are truly in the saved state, it begins here on earth and the desire for it is planted within us by the Holy Spirit. Works are the outward expression of inward faith, but it is faith (as the inward spiritual working) which comes first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-65118254190352257872014-07-02T22:12:45.031-04:002014-07-02T22:12:45.031-04:00Salvation by faith is not so much salvation throug...Salvation by faith is not so much salvation through intellectual belief as salvation through TRUST - trust in the saving grace of God through Christ. This is what Paul taught. I don't believe that Paul is in hell. If Swedenborg spoke to a spirit who claimed to be Paul, my thought is that it was an imposter spirit from the darker regions of the spiritual world. As Swedenborg himself taught, these spirits lie and may even have deluded themselves, so just because a spirit claimed to be Paul or Calvin or David, or even Jesus for that matter, does not necessarily mean that they were. What about the Moon-men and Martians with whom Swedenborg claimed to have conversed? These must have been either figments of his imagination or else lying spirts from the hells. But if THEY deluded him, what else was he mistaken about? Worth prayerful consideration I believe!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739885637088146305.post-24794254390299326762012-10-02T17:27:50.629-04:002012-10-02T17:27:50.629-04:00I love this post. I love the Lord and I thank God ...I love this post. I love the Lord and I thank God for letting me know Him through Swedenborg's writing. <br />I heard before that Swedenborg wrote that Paul was in the hell. I was shocked. Because of this, I had a lot of struggles, about both Swedenborg and Paul. Thank God for guiding me to read this post. Glory our Lord !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com