For The Mind Of Faith, A Promised

So Saving Grace, Converting Grace, For Augustine, Is God's Giving Us A Sovereign Joy In God That Triumphs Over All Other Joys And Therefore Sways The Will. The Will Is Free To Move Toward Whatever It Delights In Most Fully, But It Is Not Within The Power Of Our Will To Determine What That Sovereign Joy Will Be.

We Do Not Choose Suffering Simply Because We Are Told To, But Because The One Who Tells Us To Describes It As The Path To Everlasting Joy.

In Our Proud Love Affair With Ourselves We Pour Contempt, Whether We Know It Or Not, On The Worth Of God's Glory. As Our Pride Pours Contempt Upon God's Glory, His Righteousness Obliges Him To Pour Wrath Upon Our Pride.

If You Are Sufficient For Your Task, It's Too Small.

The More Of God's Word You Know And Love, The More Of God's Spirit You Will Experience.