242. Spiritual light flows in through the three degrees in a person, but not spiritual warmth except to the extent that the person refrains from evils as being sins and looks to the Lord. From what we have demonstrated previously, it follows that the sun in heaven is the first emanation of the Lord's Divine love and wisdom (as discussed in Part Two), and that from it emanate light and warmth-light from His wisdom, and warmth from His love; that light is the vehicle of wisdom, and warmth the vehicle of love; and that to the extent a person comes into wisdom, to the same extent he comes into that Divine light, and to the extent he comes into love, to the same extent he comes into that Divine warmth. From what we have demonstrated previously it follows also that there are three degrees of light and three degrees of warmth, or three degrees of wisdom and three degrees of love, and that these degrees have been formed in people in order that people may be recipients of the Lord's Divine love and wisdom, thus of the Lord. The point to be now demonstrated here is that spiritual light flows in through the three degrees in a person, but not spiritual warmth except to the extent that the person refrains from evils as being sins and looks to the Lord. Or in other words, that a person is capable of receiving wisdom even to the third degree, but not love except to the extent that the person refrains from evils as being sins and looks to the Lord. Or to put it in still other words, that a person's intellect may be elevated into wisdom, but not his will except to the extent he refrains from evils as being sins.