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Saint Augustine: The Teacher; The Free Choice of the Will; Grace and Free Will is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Teacher, written in the form of a dialogue between Augustine and his son Adeodatus, discusses linguistic philosophies, such as the association of words and their corresponding signs and the nature of that arrangement. This exposes the natural miscommunication that occurs between two conversing humans, establishing his concluding point: we are all called to listen, as God is the source of all...

a new heart and put a new spirit within you.”5 How then can He say, “Make to yourselves,” when He says, “I will give you”? Why does God command something of us if He is going to give it Himself? Why does He give, if it is man who must act? Only because He gives what He commands, whenever He helps man to do what He commands.6 Free will is always present in us, but it is not always good. For it is either free of justice, while serving sin, and then it is evil; or it is free of sin, while serving justice,
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