VIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF A CORRECT IDEA OF GOD
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I KNOW of but one sect or Christian denomination in the world that worships Jesus Christ as the only God of heaven and earth. This is the so-called New Church, or Church of the New Jerusalem, but more popularly known as the Swedenborgian Church, from the fact that its teachings were derived through the Swedish scientist and theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg. They claim that in the one person of Jesus Christ men see all that they can know of God; that in this one personality exists the trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is the Divine Soul, the Son is the Divine Body, and the Holy Spirit is the Divine Proceeding or Divine Activity. They hold that this requires only one personality, or identity, and fully conforms to the Scriptures. In this one person we are to perceive as the soul the Jehovah of the Old Testament, as His expression in time and space
