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Chapter 1 - On the Way to Rome (view source)
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====On the Will of God and the Will of Man====
====On the Will of God and the Will of Man====
One evening Ganid asked Jesus to tell him the difference between [[the will of God and the will of man]].
One evening Ganid asked Jesus to tell him the difference between the will of God and the will of man.
Jesus said:
Jesus said:
*“The will of God is the way of God. It’s a partnership with the choice of God in the face of any potential alternative. To do the will of God, therefore, is the progressive experience of becoming more and more like God, and God is the source and destiny of all that is good and beautiful and true. The will of man is the way of man, the sum and substance of that which the mortal chooses to be and do. Will is the deliberate choice of a self-conscious being which leads to decision-conduct based on intelligent reflection.”
*“[[The will of God]] is the way of God. It’s a partnership with the choice of God in the face of any potential alternative. To do the will of God, therefore, is the progressive experience of becoming more and more like God, and God is the source and destiny of all that is good and beautiful and true. [[The will of man]] is the way of man, the sum and substance of that which the mortal chooses to be and do. Will is the deliberate choice of a self-conscious being which leads to decision-conduct based on intelligent reflection.”
The next day Ganid talked all this over with his father, and it was in answer to Gonod's question that Jesus explained:
The next day Ganid talked all this over with his father, and it was in answer to Gonod's question that Jesus explained:
*"Human wills that are fully occupied with passing only upon temporal decisions having to do with the material problems of animal existence are doomed to perish in time. Those who make wholehearted moral decisions and unqualified spiritual choices are thus progressively identified with the indwelling and divine spirit. Thereby are they increasingly transformed into the values of eternal survival -- unending progression of divine service.”
*"[[Human wills]] that are fully occupied with passing only upon temporal decisions having to do with the material problems of animal existence are doomed to perish in time. Those who make wholehearted moral decisions and unqualified spiritual choices are thus progressively identified with the indwelling and divine spirit. Thereby are they increasingly transformed into the values of eternal survival -- unending progression of divine service.”
====At Alexandria====
====At Alexandria====