September 1, 2010 – Catechism 476-483

Mostly the end is a recap, but the idea of Christ's two wills is a little hard to understand.  Christ has a will that is divine and in complete union with God the Father because they are one in the same nature.  There can be no dividing those two wills, along with the will of the Holy Spirit.  They are united.  Then, Christ human nature has a completely human will.  It is completely separate will from the divine.  But Christ human nature was so obedient, that even though they are completely separate, the one follows the other perfectly.  But it is not because they are connected or untied in any way other than being a part of Christ, but link together because of the obedience of Christ human nature.  That is our example.  We must be obedient, we must seek to form our will to that of God’s.  They will not be the same or connected, but our goal is to so closely follow God’s that you can not tell the difference.  That is what we need to strive for and Christ is our example.