A similar method must be followed in treating of the angels; nor are we to suppose that it is the result of accident that a particular office is assigned to a particular angel: as to Raphael, e.g., the work of curing and healing; to Gabriel, the conduct of wars; to Michael, the duty of attending to the prayers and supplications of mortals. For we are not to imagine that they obtained these offices otherwise than by their own merits, and by the zeal and excellent qualities which they severally displayed before this world was formed; so that afterwards in the order of archangels, this or that office was assigned to each one, while others deserved to be enrolled in the order of angels, and to act under this or that archangel, or that leader or head of an order. (Book I, Chapter 8, Part 1)

Origen is sure we are rewarded and punished according to what we deserve.

I am persuaded we are loved despite what we have done.

There are consequences to our choosing. These consequences reflect both circumstance and the patterns of the universe. But God is much more inclined to redeem our choosing than punish.

When we are able to organize our choosing around our best purposes, we will more often act with zeal and excellence.

Our best purpose may be, probably is, the same as God's intent.