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the rev. thomas x. floyd
Norway
I believe that Divinity is one, and that this one Divine Being is our Lord God
the Savior Jesus Christ.
I believe that the trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit exists as the Divine
soul, Divine body and Divine proceeding of the one Divine Being, our Lord.
I believe that our Lord is love itself and wisdom itself, which is good itself
and truth itself. I believe that this Divine Being, our Lord, came into time and
space, into our physical world as Divine truth, which is the Word, because of
His love for us.
I believe that without liberation from damnation, deliverance from
eternal death, rescuing from hell, and release from the hand of the devil, no
man could be saved. I believe that the Lord therefore redeemed mankind by
subjugating the hells, restoring the heavens to order, glorifying His Human
and establishing His Church on earth.
I believe that the Lord’s Second Coming has already taken place, not in
person but in the Word. I believe that this Second Coming happened in order
to separate the evil from the good, to save those past and present who believe
in the Lord, and to form them into a new angelic heaven and a new church on
earth.
I believe that this Second Coming took place by means of the Writings of
Emanuel Swedenborg, to whom the Lord manifested Himself in person and
whom He filled with His spirit so that Swedenborg could present the teachings
of the New Church to the world.
I hereby dedicate the remainder of my life to the ministry of the New
Church. A heavenly life consists of uses from the good of charity. By teaching
and living by the doctrine of uses I hope to inspire my surroundings to a life
that leads to heaven.
Dear Lord: I ask for Your help to live a life filled with love for You, so that I
can always love You with all my heart, soul and mind, and so that I can always
love my neighbor as myself. Amen.
the rev. joel c. glenn
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
I believe that “The Lord from eternity, who is Jehovah, came into the world
to subjugate the hells and to glorify His Human; and without this no mortal
could have been saved; and those are saved who believe in Him.”
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