"Matthew Johnson" wrote in message
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> In article <172.51.08.05.400772000@srcbs.org>, Gary McNees says...
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> >We can "will" absolutely anything. We can "will" to be God, but it ain't
> >gonna happen.
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> Well, no. We can _wish_ "absolutely anything". But careful thinkers,
speakers
> and writers have always been careful to distinguish between 'wish'
(qelhsis in
> Greek) and 'will' (qelhma in Greek) and 'choose' (boulh).
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> We can wish anything whatever, but we can _choose_ only what is in our
power.
> The word 'will' is more ambiguous. But this is why the Latin Christian
writers
> always wrote NOT about "free will (voluntas libera)", but about "liberum
> arbitrium voluntatis (free choice OF the will)".
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> [snip]
Thanks, Matthew, for the clarification.
I'll try to keep it in mind in the future.
Gary
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Psalms 51
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit.
How is your mood today? Joyful? Angry? Happy? Sad? Irritable?
Our mood has a great impact upon our lives and upon the lives of people
around us. Your Christian witness can be destroyed because of your mood.
David asked God to renew a "right" spirit within him. With God's help,
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If your day has started wrong or if you're in a bad mood today then take a
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