When the Lord was in the world, His life was altogether the life of a
love for the whole human race, which He burned to save forever. That
life was of the intensest love by which He united Himself to the
Divine and the Divine to Himself. For being itself, or Jehovah, is
pure mercy from love for the whole human race; and that life was one
of sheer love, as it can never be with any man.
--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 2253
"COME UNTO ME"
Do you, my friend, flee evil, and do good, and believe in the Lord
with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and the Lord will love
you, and give you love for doing, and faith for believing. Then will
you do good from love, and from a faith which is confidence will you
believe. If you persevere in this, a reciprocal conjunction will take
place, and one that is perpetual, indeed is salvation itself, and
everlasting life.
--_True, Christian Religion, n._ 484