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So saving grace, converting grace, for augustine, is god's giving us a sovereign joy in god that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. the will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be.
-John Piper
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So Saving Grace, Converting Grace, For Augustine,

John Piper
So saving grace, converting grace, for augustine, is god's giving us a sovereign joy in god that triumphs over all other joys and therefore sways the will. the will is free to move toward whatever it delights in most fully, but it is not within the power of our will to determine what that sovereign joy will be.
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