The Monergist View of the Human Will

Actually, I have to amend my earlier answer to your post. The reason is your use of the word "intervene". See post #58 for my thoughts on the word "intervene".

 

No.

Faith is a gift from God (Eph. 2:8-9). While the unregenerate sinner does not have faith, regeneration produces it. The individual then exercises that faith by believing.

I would not put a wager on that.

 

Correct.

 

Sure. First, understand that the Monergist believes in something called the effectual call. The 1689 Second London Baptist of Faith explains it this way:

10.1 Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.

Passages to consider are Rom. 8:30; Eph. 1:10; 2 Thes. 2:13-14; Eph. 2:1-6 et. al.

The verse you did not fully reference is 1 Cor. 1:21:

1 Corinthians 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

The Gospel is the means of salvation. God has ordained the preaching of the Gospel as the means (or method) of calling His elect. If you look closely at verses 18-19; 24; 27-28 you will see God's calling clearly revealed. Those that believe the foolishness of the message preached are those whom God has effectually called to eternal life.

 

Slow your roll, hombre. The Gospel is preached to all, although there are some people on the Monergist side who fall into the error of Hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism has no textbook definition, but it is commonly accused of teaching that the Gospel is only to be preached to the Elect. One problem with that view is none of us possess perfect knowledge. Only God knows who is part of the Elect. Ergo, the Gospel is to be proclaimed to all. The real question to ask is whether all can believe the Gospel. The answer to that is a resounding "No!". Only the Elect will believe. But once again, since we do not know who the elect are, we plead with all men to be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20).

 

I guess we will just have to disagree. Have a pleasant evening.

 

Whenever the topic starts to turn towards predestination, election, and the free offer of the gospel, I like to point people to C.H. Spurgeon's work, "A Defense of Calvinism". While I am able to string together a few sentences on occasion, I am a poor wordsmith when compared to the "Prince of Preachers". I highly recommend you read Spurgeon's work for a better treatment on this topic than I am able to offer.