John 7:17       New English Translation

17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

John 15:7       New English Translation

7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.

 

Antithesis 1

 

The power to choose and decide that is to be redeemed

To have the capacity of free will and to understand good and evil

God loves our cooperation as we reach for a summit high in self

Of perfect freedom of our will hand in hand with Jesus

 

God’s greatness is manifold in us. He won’t change us into robots

He wants us to will obedience and moves in His Desires

In redemption, He laid the groundwork so we can listen by intuition

And not be controlled by a remote as Satan does with his squires

 

The God of the entire universe and places far beyond

Never forces man to be loyal to Him unless with man’s consent

Our God, with all the power, let himself to be restricted

By a non-encroachment of man’s "free" will to their end

 

Knowingly or not known to us, God has laws in motion

The natural or the Holy He may reflect here or there

In teaching His subjects, He may alter the course of things

So slightly to get our attention understanding the total sphere

 

Redemption aggravates Satan more than any other subject

He devises many ways to recapture what he lost

Before regeneration, weren't we enslaved to him?

And now he needs permission for deception at any cost?

 

He temps cheat, and lies and will never give up

He needs our consent to do what he wants us to do

He will appear as an angel of distorted light as such

The very elect know the difference between guile and truth

 

Jan Wienen