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The conclusion from
here:
"To escape this conundrum, I would rather say that the standard of stewardship and equality, and the clarion of prophecy from which all true Prophets speak, is theosis.
"We used to know, in the good old Orthodox days when doctrine still mattered, and praxis still flowed from apostolic liturgy, that God's Will is simply deification. It is not a particular career or whether you should move in with the pygmies. It is not how much you should give to a fund drive or who you should marry. Or, as had been explained to me on one particularly depressing occasion, just which stock option to pick up."These are all questions that pertain to augury, not God's Will.
"God's Will is for you and for me to participate in Triune Fellowship, in His own Divine Nature, to be transformed and inducted into the Healing Light of His Uncreated Energy.
"To see this, and nothing less, and to recognize every creature's destiny therein, and even the vectors of politics, is the work of Prophecy. No less."
That, my friends, is good preaching. Be free. One activity in becoming more like Christ is choosing between one or more good options. We must exercise our minds in weighing outcomes of choices. Ask questions, seek counsel from the wise, pray with your spouse, receive the bread and wine. There is no "perfect will of God" other than becoming like Christ. There are a lot of places where that can happen.
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