23. In brief: So far as any one shuns evils as sins and looks to the Lord, so far he is in charity, and therefore, so far he is in faith. That so far as any one shuns evils as sins and looks to the Lord, so far he is in charity, may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF LIFE FOR THE NEW JERUSALEM Nos. 67-73; also Nos. 74-91; and so far he has faith Nos. 42-52. What charity is in the proper sense may be seen in No. 114 of the same work.