Friday, August 24, 2007

carson on freedom

"True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us." - DA Carson, The Pillar New Testament Commentary on John
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2 comments:

  1. jul8:49 AM

    I don't like it. Why can't we say we do what we please if it's really true that doing 'what we ought' pleases us?

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  2. ricki9:00 AM

    Jul - as always, you are too smart. I had a friend once say, "I sin all I want, I just don't want".

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