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DC 90:4e - DC 90:6d


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4e He that keepeth his commandments, receiveth truth and light, until he is glorified in truth, and knoweth all things.

5a Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.

5b All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to act for itself, as all intelligence also, otherwise there is no existence.

5c Behold, here is the agency of man, and here is the condemnation of man, because that which was from the beginning is plainly manifest unto them, and they receive not the light.

5d And every man whose spirit receiveth not the light is under condemnation, for man is spirit.

5e The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receiveth a fullness of joy; and when separated, man cannot receive a fullness of joy.

5f The elements are the tabernacle of God; yea, man is the tabernacle of God, even temples; and whatsoever temple is defiled, God shall destroy that temple.

6a The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth; and light and truth forsaketh that evil one.

6b Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning, and God having redeemed man from the fall, men became again in their infant state, innocent before God.

6c And that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through disobedience, from the children of men, and because of the tradition of their fathers.

6d But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth,

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