Divine Love and Wisdom (Rogers) n. 37

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37. The Divine providence in reforming, regenerating and saving people partakes equally of Divine love and Divine wisdom. More Divine love than Divine wisdom, or more Divine wisdom than Divine love, cannot reform, regenerate or save a person. Divine love wishes to save all people, but it can do so only through Divine wisdom, and Divine wisdom encompasses all the laws by which salvation is made possible. Love cannot transcend those laws, since Divine love and Divine wisdom are one and operate in union.


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