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as a gift! A gift of God’s love! God’s will is our freedom! So,
when we say in the “Our Father” prayer, “Thy will be done,”
we are essentially asking God, "With Your love, make us
free!”
Thus, God’s will for each of us is not only that we exist
but that we exist forever, not just as temporary mortal be-
ings, as we are by our created nature. God’s love is timeless;
it is an immortal, eternal love! It has no limits! Therefore,
God’s love for us is not a temporary love; it is an eternal
love, for it is divine, and thus He loves us forever! It is an
eternal, boundless love from which eternal will flows with
eternal purposes. Whatever God wills, He wills eternally—
forever! God’s love knows no temporal limits! Conse-
quently, since our existence is His will, God wills us to ex-
ist forever! His eternal love wills us eternally! Because there
is no death in God’s love! Thus, He desires that our created
nature be deified so that it may exist forever, for He loves
us forever! He wants us to be deified, to become immortal
as He is, and to share in His infinite love, His eternal bless-
edness, and His eternal and unending joy and fullness!
How would this be achieved? This can only be done
through the Christification of human persons! Human na-
ture does not exist “naked,” as an object somewhere; it ex-
ists within persons, within individuals! Human nature, the
body, and soul of a person exist only as the body and soul
of a specific person, of a human person! Therefore, the
deification of nature would be achieved through the Chris-
tification of human persons! And this would be achieved
in the way we mentioned earlier: through the incarnation
of the Son of God, through the union of His divine per-