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Sunday, July 09, 2006

you must know THIS

Only the educated are free.

-- Epictetus*, Discourses

'the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus' Romans 6:23


* True education, he believed, consists in recognizing that there is only one thing that belongs to an individual fully—his will, or purpose. God, acting as a good king and father, has given each being a will that cannot be compelled or thwarted by anything external. **

** "Epictetus." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 9 July 2006 .

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