tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4701939578027463754..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Jesus Just WasBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-122290207997890632018-11-12T16:57:01.205+00:002018-11-12T16:57:01.205+00:00I think that it is important to recognize that eac...I think that it is important to recognize that each of us, and particularly each self considering the question, also just <i>is</i>. It's true that we (like Jesus) face various situations which bring <i>out</i> our choices, it is not at all fruitless to contemplate that the particular circumstances of our own life have drawn out and developed our knowledge of the choices which lay dormant in our volition even from before the foundation of the world, to be expressed only on some specific occasion arising after gaining a spirit, and a pre-mortal existence and councils with God, and the creation of the world followed by millennia of history.<br /><br />But to advance morally, we must take ultimate responsibility and recognize that it was not the circumstances that forced us to do it, it was our own will. If we do so, then it may be that some deeper and more profound expression of our will may allow us to learn from our choices and choose to follow God.<br /><br />We also need to recognize that Jesus also simply willingly chose to offer Himself to make salvation possible for us. And that choice ultimately came from nowhere other than His own perfect volition.Chiu ChunLinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519192610708043962noreply@blogger.com