279. The same is true of every one who is being regenerated. Regeneration, as regards the spiritual man, is re-birth. Man is first introduced into the innocence of childhood, which consists in knowing what is true and doing what is good from the Lord only and not from himself, and in desiring and seeking truth only because it is truth, and good only because it is good. As man advances in age, good and truth are given him by the Lord. At first he is led into a knowledge of them, then from knowledge into intelligence, and finally from intelligence into wisdom, always accompanied by innocence which consists, as has been said, in his not being able to know anything of truth, or do anything of good from himself but only from the Lord. Without this faith and a perception of it no one can receive anything of heaven. Therein does the innocence of wisdom chiefly consist.