Or more like multiple will fragments.
It is not a will to do anything, except smoke cigarettes.
Or snort cocaine.
Or have sex with strangers.
Or any one of a hundred possible other: narrow, focused, behaviors.
These are little, shallow, fragmentary, wills.
The will we think of when we think of OUR will is much bigger, much more complex. It includes many intertwined desires, aspirations, goals, and actions.
It is, you could say, a more complete will.
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The small, fragmentary wills are separate and distinct from OUR will.
When they are in control, they deny the big will and control our actions. In other words, when acting according to these fragmentary wills, we often do things that are contrary to OUR will. For example, our will says: "I don't want to smoke", the will-fragment says: "I want to smoke".
When the English translation of the Bible refers to a perfect will, could the word "perfect" be referring to a Greek or Hebrew word that, at least partially, means: "complete"?
I need to research this in the scriptures.
-djr
