Chapter 30 – 3. Freedom of Will
Do you not understand that to oppose the Holy Spirit is to fight yourself?
He tells you but your will; He speaks for you. In His Divinity is but your
own. And all He knows is but your knowledge, saved for you that you may
do your will through Him. God asks you do your will. He joins with you.
He did not set His Kingdom up alone. And Heaven itself but represents your
will, where everything created is for you. No spark of life but was created
with your glad consent, as you would have it be. And not one Thought that
God has ever had but waited for your blessing to be born. God is no enemy
to you. He asks no more than that He hear you call Him “Friend.”
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How wonderful it is to do your will! For that is freedom. There is nothing
else that ever should be called by freedom’s name. Unless you do your will
you are not free. And would God leave His Son without what he has chosen
for himself? God but ensured that you would never lose your will when He
gave you His perfect Answer. Hear It now, that you may be reminded of His
Love and learn your will. God would not have His Son made prisoner to
what he does not want. He joins with you in willing you be free. And to
oppose Him is to make a choice against yourself, and choose that you be
bound.
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Look once again upon your enemy, the one you chose to hate instead of
love. For thus was hatred born into the world, and thus the rule of fear
established there. Now hear God speak to you, through Him Who is His
Voice and yours as well, reminding you that it is not your will to hate and
be a prisoner to fear, a slave to death, a little creature with a little life. Your
will is boundless; it is not your will that it be bound. What lies in you has
joined with God Himself in all creation’s birth. Remember Him Who has
created you, and through your will created everything. Not one created
thing but gives you thanks, for it is by your will that it was born. No light of
Heaven shines except for you, for it was set in Heaven by your will.
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What cause have you for anger in a world that merely waits your blessing to
be free? If you be prisoner, then God Himself could not be free. For what is
done to him whom God so loves is done to God Himself. Think not He
wills to bind you, Who has made you co-creator of the universe along with
Him. He would but keep your will forever and forever limitless. This world
awaits the freedom you will give when you have recognized that you are
free. But you will not forgive the world until you have forgiven Him Who
gave your will to you. For it is by your will the world is given freedom. Nor
can you be free apart from Him Whose holy Will you share.
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God turns to you to ask the world be saved, for by your own salvation is it
healed. And no one walks upon the earth but must depend on your decision,
that he learn death has no power over him, because he shares your freedom
as he shares your will. It is your will to heal him, and because you have
decided with him, he is healed. And now is God forgiven, for you chose to
look upon your brother as a friend.
Do you not understand that to oppose the Holy Spirit is to fight yourself?
He tells you but your will; He speaks for you. In His Divinity is but your
own. And all He knows is but your knowledge, saved for you that you may
do your will through Him. God asks you do your will. He joins with you.
He did not set His Kingdom up alone. And Heaven itself but represents your
will, where everything created is for you. No spark of life but was created
with your glad consent, as you would have it be. And not one Thought that
God has ever had but waited for your blessing to be born. God is no enemy
to you. He asks no more than that He hear you call Him “Friend.”
Â
How wonderful it is to do your will! For that is freedom. There is nothing
else that ever should be called by freedom’s name. Unless you do your will
you are not free. And would God leave His Son without what he has chosen
for himself? God but ensured that you would never lose your will when He
gave you His perfect Answer. Hear It now, that you may be reminded of His
Love and learn your will. God would not have His Son made prisoner to
what he does not want. He joins with you in willing you be free. And to
oppose Him is to make a choice against yourself, and choose that you be
bound.
Â
Look once again upon your enemy, the one you chose to hate instead of
love. For thus was hatred born into the world, and thus the rule of fear
established there. Now hear God speak to you, through Him Who is His
Voice and yours as well, reminding you that it is not your will to hate and
be a prisoner to fear, a slave to death, a little creature with a little life. Your
will is boundless; it is not your will that it be bound. What lies in you has
joined with God Himself in all creation’s birth. Remember Him Who has
created you, and through your will created everything. Not one created
thing but gives you thanks, for it is by your will that it was born. No light of
Heaven shines except for you, for it was set in Heaven by your will.
Â
What cause have you for anger in a world that merely waits your blessing to
be free? If you be prisoner, then God Himself could not be free. For what is
done to him whom God so loves is done to God Himself. Think not He
wills to bind you, Who has made you co-creator of the universe along with
Him. He would but keep your will forever and forever limitless. This world
awaits the freedom you will give when you have recognized that you are
free. But you will not forgive the world until you have forgiven Him Who
gave your will to you. For it is by your will the world is given freedom. Nor
can you be free apart from Him Whose holy Will you share.
Â
God turns to you to ask the world be saved, for by your own salvation is it
healed. And no one walks upon the earth but must depend on your decision,
that he learn death has no power over him, because he shares your freedom
as he shares your will. It is your will to heal him, and because you have
decided with him, he is healed. And now is God forgiven, for you chose to
look upon your brother as a friend.