Again, thanks for your post Henry. That is a scripture I had in mind. That quote from Lewis is familiar also but I don't where.<br><br><br>Who would take a bride that did not come to the alter of her free will? If it is entirely of God’s will, and none of our own being completely free to choose apart from any act on God’s part, then Jesus would be marrying Himself.<br><br>Further, He would gain nothing that He did not have before He created the world.