What many people find hard to understand is that good deeds are terrestrial (worldly) and not spiritual, unless done from some divine principle or teaching.
Without this, even our best intentions and actions toward others become self-centered. Why? Because we falsely assume that it is “us” who are being good—as opposed to the Lord God working heavenly goodness through us.
However, truth without love describes an entirely different condition where simply having the right (intellectual) convictions (faith-knowledge) in our mind is believed to be enough for our eternal salvation, which is a dead faith. But love without truth is the false belief (from a principle of self-love) that we are good from our own powers.
True heavenly worship in life requires the marriage of both spiritual love and truth.
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EDWARD F. SYLVIA, M.T.S.
Philosopher/Theologian Edward F. Sylvia attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and received his Master of Theological Studies at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and a Certificate of Swedenborgian Studies from the Swedenborgian House of Studies. He is a member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (C.T.N.S.) and the Swedenborg Scientific Association (S.S.A.).
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What many people find hard to understand is that good deeds are terrestrial (worldly) and not spiritual, unless done from some divine principle or teaching.
TheGodGuy 
I would like to learn more about truth and love as you teach in this article. How can I learn more about this topic.
Dear Walt,
Seek out Emanuel Swedenborg’s theological publications – any one of them!
Spiritually yours,
TheGodGuy
Hi Ed,
In connection with this and your other posts about focusing only on good works to the exclusion of truth and self-examination, I just came across a passage that I think you’ll enjoy: Apocalypse Revealed #110. The whole section is relevant, but see especially subsection 3, which says:
Dear Lee,
I appreciate the info! Swedenborg is adamant that there is no regeneration without temptation. Simply doing “good works” implies one can sidestep this painful reality on the way to becoming angelic. There is way too much “kissing,” “hugging” and “shallow affirmation” going on among modern Swedenborgians – in an attempt to portray “lovingness.”
Spiritually yours,
TheGodGuy