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Christian Evolution, Or, The Divine Process in Human Redemption
Christian Evolution Or The Divine Process in Human Redemption Author:John Cooper Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. DIVINE ACTION, DIRECT AND INDIRECT. i. T T 71LL is the movement of personality. In the finite personality it is the action of the moment; in... more » the infinite personality the action is eternal. In the former, the movement is in accordance with the inclination of the moment and in the direction of the object of supreme desire. Right volition will always be in submission to the supreme will, and in harmony with the constitution of the universe; but selfish volition is in opposition to the supreme will, and in conflict with the divine ends. 2. A perfect unity of wills is possible, and its attainment presents the most sublime conception possible to the human mind. The finite will in complete oneness with the will of the infinite Father is the grandest conceivable moral ideal. To accept and co-operate with the infinite will is the noblest and most felicitous action of the finite being. It is not alone acting in accordance with the omnipotent will, but it secures for c the finite existence the perfection of its own well-being. It is the absolute perfection of free agency—the highest power of the finite being exercised in the grandest conceivable act. For, what nobler or more glorious purpose can be formed by any finite being than resolving to make the choice of the absolute will also its own ? What higher condition of conscious existence is, for it, conceivable ? 3. In this unity of wills was shown the glory of the Saviour's earthly life. His unbroken fellowship with the Father was the most conspicuous feature of even His perfect character. " Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise; for the Father loveth the Son and sheweth Him all thing...« less