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118:6.1 [[God]] is truly [[omnipotent]], but he is not [[omnificent]]—he does not [[personally]] do all that is done. [[Omnipotence]] [[embraces]] the [[power]]-[[potential]] of the [[Almighty Supreme]] and the [[Supreme Being]], but the [[volitional]] [[acts]] of [[God the Supreme]] are not the [[personal]] doings of [[God]] the [[Infinite]].
118:6.2 To [[advocate]] the [[omnificence]] of primal [[Deity]] would be [[equal]] to disenfranchising well-nigh a million [[Creator Sons]] of [[Paradise]], not to mention the innumerable [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 hosts] of various other orders of concurring [[creative]] assistants. There is but one uncaused [Cause] in the [[whole]] [[universe]]. All other causes are [[derivatives]] of this one [[First Great Source and Center]]. And none of this [[philosophy]] does any [[violence]] to the [[Free will|freewillness]] of the myriads of the [[children]] of [[Deity]] scattered through a vast [[universe]].
118:6.3 Within a local [[frame]], [[volition]] may [[appear]] to [[function]] as an uncaused [[cause]], but it unfailingly [[exhibits]] [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[establish]] [[relationship]] with the [[unique]], [[original]], and [[absolute]] [[the Gods|First Causes]].
118:6.4 All [[volition]] is [[relative]]. In the originating sense, only [[the Father]]-[[I AM]] [[possesses]] finality of [[volition]]; in the [[absolute]] sense, only [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]] [[exhibit]] the [[prerogatives]] of [[volition]] unconditioned by [[time]] and unlimited by [[space]]. [[Mortal]] man is [[endowed]] with [[free will]], the [[power]] of [[choice]], and though such [[choosing]] is not [[absolute]], nevertheless, it is [[relatively]] final on the [[finite]] level and concerning the [[destiny]] of the [[choosing]] [[personality]].
118:6.5 [[Volition]] on any [[level]] short of the [[absolute]] encounters [[limitations]] which are constitutive in the very [[personality]] exercising the [[power]] of [[choice]]. [[Man]] cannot [[choose]] beyond the range of that which is choosable. He cannot, for instance, choose to be other than a [[human being]] except that he can elect to become more than a man; he can choose to embark upon the [[voyage]] of [[universe ascension]], but this is because the human [[choice]] and the [[divine]] will happen to be [[coincident]] upon this point. And what a son [[desires]] and [[the Father]] wills will certainly come to pass.
118:6.6 In the [[mortal]] life, paths of [[differential]] [[conduct]] are continually opening and closing, and during the times when [[choice]] is possible the [[human]] [[personality]] is constantly deciding between these many [[courses]] of [[action]]. [[Temporal]] [[volition]] is linked to [[time]], and it must await the passing of time to find [[opportunity]] for [[expression]]. [[Spiritual]] [[volition]] has begun to taste [[liberation]] from the fetters of [[time]], having achieved partial [[escape]] from [[time]] [[sequence]], and that is because [[spiritual]] [[volition]] is [[self]]-[[identifying]] with [[the will of God]].
118:6.7 [[Volition]], the [[act]] of [[choosing]], must [[function]] within the [[universe]] [[frame]] which has [[actualized]] in [[response]] to higher and prior choosing. The entire range of [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is strictly [[finite]]-[[limited]] except in one particular: When man chooses to find [[God]] and to be like him, such a [[choice]] is superfinite; only [[eternity]] can disclose whether this [[choice]] is also superabsonite.
118:6.8 To [[recognize]] [[Deity]] [[omnipotence]] is to [[enjoy]] [[security]] in your [[experience]] of [[cosmic]] [[citizenship]], to [[possess]] [[assurance]] of [[safety]] in the long [[journey]] to [[Paradise]]. But to [[accept]] the [[fallacy]] of [[omnificence]] is to [[embrace]] the colossal [[error]] of [[Pantheism]].
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118:6.1 [[God]] is truly [[omnipotent]], but he is not [[omnificent]]—he does not [[personally]] do all that is done. [[Omnipotence]] [[embraces]] the [[power]]-[[potential]] of the [[Almighty Supreme]] and the [[Supreme Being]], but the [[volitional]] [[acts]] of [[God the Supreme]] are not the [[personal]] doings of [[God]] the [[Infinite]].
118:6.2 To [[advocate]] the [[omnificence]] of primal [[Deity]] would be [[equal]] to disenfranchising well-nigh a million [[Creator Sons]] of [[Paradise]], not to mention the innumerable [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 hosts] of various other orders of concurring [[creative]] assistants. There is but one uncaused [Cause] in the [[whole]] [[universe]]. All other causes are [[derivatives]] of this one [[First Great Source and Center]]. And none of this [[philosophy]] does any [[violence]] to the [[Free will|freewillness]] of the myriads of the [[children]] of [[Deity]] scattered through a vast [[universe]].
118:6.3 Within a local [[frame]], [[volition]] may [[appear]] to [[function]] as an uncaused [[cause]], but it unfailingly [[exhibits]] [[inheritance]] [[factors]] which [[establish]] [[relationship]] with the [[unique]], [[original]], and [[absolute]] [[the Gods|First Causes]].
118:6.4 All [[volition]] is [[relative]]. In the originating sense, only [[the Father]]-[[I AM]] [[possesses]] finality of [[volition]]; in the [[absolute]] sense, only [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]] [[exhibit]] the [[prerogatives]] of [[volition]] unconditioned by [[time]] and unlimited by [[space]]. [[Mortal]] man is [[endowed]] with [[free will]], the [[power]] of [[choice]], and though such [[choosing]] is not [[absolute]], nevertheless, it is [[relatively]] final on the [[finite]] level and concerning the [[destiny]] of the [[choosing]] [[personality]].
118:6.5 [[Volition]] on any [[level]] short of the [[absolute]] encounters [[limitations]] which are constitutive in the very [[personality]] exercising the [[power]] of [[choice]]. [[Man]] cannot [[choose]] beyond the range of that which is choosable. He cannot, for instance, choose to be other than a [[human being]] except that he can elect to become more than a man; he can choose to embark upon the [[voyage]] of [[universe ascension]], but this is because the human [[choice]] and the [[divine]] will happen to be [[coincident]] upon this point. And what a son [[desires]] and [[the Father]] wills will certainly come to pass.
118:6.6 In the [[mortal]] life, paths of [[differential]] [[conduct]] are continually opening and closing, and during the times when [[choice]] is possible the [[human]] [[personality]] is constantly deciding between these many [[courses]] of [[action]]. [[Temporal]] [[volition]] is linked to [[time]], and it must await the passing of time to find [[opportunity]] for [[expression]]. [[Spiritual]] [[volition]] has begun to taste [[liberation]] from the fetters of [[time]], having achieved partial [[escape]] from [[time]] [[sequence]], and that is because [[spiritual]] [[volition]] is [[self]]-[[identifying]] with [[the will of God]].
118:6.7 [[Volition]], the [[act]] of [[choosing]], must [[function]] within the [[universe]] [[frame]] which has [[actualized]] in [[response]] to higher and prior choosing. The entire range of [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is strictly [[finite]]-[[limited]] except in one particular: When man chooses to find [[God]] and to be like him, such a [[choice]] is superfinite; only [[eternity]] can disclose whether this [[choice]] is also superabsonite.
118:6.8 To [[recognize]] [[Deity]] [[omnipotence]] is to [[enjoy]] [[security]] in your [[experience]] of [[cosmic]] [[citizenship]], to [[possess]] [[assurance]] of [[safety]] in the long [[journey]] to [[Paradise]]. But to [[accept]] the [[fallacy]] of [[omnificence]] is to [[embrace]] the colossal [[error]] of [[Pantheism]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Go to Paper 118]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
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