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Monergism Vs. Synergism

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"And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live...Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD." - Ezekiel 37:14

No one can believe in Jesus unless God grants it (John 6:65) and ALL to whom God grants it will believe (John 6:37) The Spirit gives life, the flesh counts for nothing (John 6:63). A syllogism which leaves no room for synergism.
John Hendryx

"If grace depends on our cooperation then it is no longer grace." -Martin Luther

At the heart of the Reformation was one of the most fundamental questions of the Christian faith: How can I be saved from eternal damnation? The answer of all the leading Reformers was one and the same: only by God's free and sovereign grace. As J. I. Packer and O. Raymond Johnston have pointed out, it is wrong to suppose that the doctrine of Justification by faith alone, that storm center of the Reformation, was the crucial question in the minds of such theologians as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin. This doctrine was important to the Reformers because it helped to express and to safeguard their answer to another, more vital, question, namely, whether sinners are wholly helpless in their sin, and whether God is to be thought of as saving them by free, unconditional, invincible grace, not only justifying them for Christ's sake when they come to faith, but also raising them from the death of sin by His quickening Spirit in order to bring them to faith.
Michael A. G. Haykin

Synergism is "...the [erroneous] doctrine that there are two efficient agents in regeneration, namely the human will and the divine Spirit, which, in the strict sense of the term, cooperate. This theory accordingly holds that the soul has not lost in the fall all inclination toward holiness, nor all power to seek for it under the influence of ordinary motives."To put it simply, synergism is the belief that faith is produced by our unregenerated human nature.

"I say that man, before he is renewed into the new creation of the Spirit's kingdom, does and endeavours nothing to prepare himself for that new creation and kingdom, and when he is re-created has does and endeavors nothing towards his perseverance in that kingdom; but the Spirit alone works both blessings in us, regenerating us, and preserving us when regenerate, without ourselves..."
Martin Luther Bondage of the Will, pg. 268

Faith in the living God and his Son Jesus Christ is always the result of the new birth, and can never exist except in the regenerate. Whoever has faith is a saved man.
C.H. Spurgeon from Faith and Regeneration

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Title Notes
A Simple Explanation of Monergism by John Hendryxicon
Some Helpful References to Monergism from Church History ed. John Hendryxicon
Quotes on Monergistic Regeneration from Church History (eBook) Edited by John Hendryx - in both Kindle .mobi and epub formatsicon
The Leaven of Synergism Arthur C. Custanceicon
Two Views of Regeneration by John Hendryx (chart)icon
Reflections of a Puritan Theologian on Regeneration and Conversion Michael A.G. Haykinicon
Hendryx Responds to Synergist J.C. Thibodaux Debate: John Hendryx & J.C. Thibodauxicon
Free Will Synergism Vs. Free Grace Monergism John Hendryxicon
Regeneration Precedes Faith R.C. Sproulicon
Regeneration Necessary to Perceive the Beauty and Excellency of Christ Charles Hodgeicon
The Pelagian Captivity of the Church By R. C. Sproulicon
Augustine and His Realism J. V. Feskoicon
Evangelicalism, False and True by Joseph P. Braswellicon
The Sufficiency of Grace R.C. Sproulicon
I Thank God for You! Mark Webbicon
Is Faith a Work? J.W. Hendryxicon
Rejecting Synergism and Returning to Monergism by Bob DeWaayicon
Grace Alone: An Evangelical Problem? by Kim Riddlebargericon
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep by Name John Hendryxicon
Monergism vs. Synergism Debate Debate - John Hendryx & Justin Mosericon
Observations and Questions for Southern Baptist Synergists by Gene Bridgesicon
Pelagianism: The Religion of Natural Man by Michael S. Hortonicon
Essays on Monergism @Monergism.comicon
Why Divide? James Whiteicon
Synergism Belongs in a Car Dealership, not in Divine Salvation James Whiteicon
Monergism Vs. Synergism R.C. Sproulicon
Steve Gregg in support of synergism over against monergism (MP3) James White respondsicon
SALVATION: Synergism or Sola Gratia? (.pdf) Charlie Martinicon
Monergism - Synergism Debate #1 Thoughts of Francis Turretinicon
A Second Debate - Monergism vs. Synergism Thoughts of Francis Turretinicon
Regeneration by Monergism or Synergism? J.W. Hendryxicon
Captain Kangaroo: Monergism Vs. Synergism Paul Manata debates Synergisticon
Monergism (Elwell Evangelical Dictionary) C G Fryicon
Norman Geisler's Farmer Parable: Examined and Refuted (YouTube) James Whiteicon
Jesus Teaches Monergistic Regeneration John Hendryxicon
A Prayer That a Synergist Won't Pray John Hendryxicon
MAN-CENTERED GOSPEL VS. GOD-CENTERED GOSPEL Ken Silvaicon
Does the Bible Teach Prevenient Grace? R.C. Sproulicon
Monergism- A Defense of Monergism James R. White - An Excerpt of The Divine Sovereignty/Human Responsibility Debateicon
Does John 20:31 to prove that faith precedes regeneration? John Hendryxicon
John 6:44-45 - A Grammatical Note TurretinFanicon
Monergism = Christ Alone John Hendryxicon
Is Monergism Really a Form of Synergism? John Hendryxicon
The Will to Debate Keith Mathisonicon
The Confession of Sins Vincent Cheungicon
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