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56 among men; God as Enlightener, Redeemer, Regenerator and Saviour,—the very embodiment on earth of all human and all divine excellence; God in a form approachable and comprehensible by finite minds; God able to come to us through the medium of his Divine Humanity, as the invisible soul of your friend comes to you through the medium of his visible body; and, coming in this comprehensible and lovable form, able also to enlighten and quicken and strengthen us by his grace, and lead us upward in the heavenly paths;—this is the God we most need to know. This is the God exactly suited to our condition, capacities and spiritual wants. And throughout the eternal Ages, the wondrous wealth of his redeeming love will continue to unfold more and more in accommodation to the ever advancing states of all his humble followers.

Such is the belief and teaching of the New Church respecting the Central Doctrine of the Christian religion—the true and only proper Object of religious worship. Its supreme importance is our sufficient excuse and justification for dwelling upon it at considerable length.

"Lo! this is our God! We have waited for Him, that He may save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." (Isa. xxv. 9.)