Are You Monergistic Or Synergistic?

Monergist here.

 

Monergist, but raised as a synergist.

 

Same for me. John Piper was probably the most influential person on me to “make the switch.”

 

God who saves, keeps those whom He saves.
John 10:27-30

 

Honestly studying God's word without a biased lens.
I couldn't escape God's choosing found in the Bible.

 

A view consistent with Paul’s narrative on Jewish evangelism, “the man who wills or the man who runs” would reflect the false assurance of salvation through works and bloodlines, that is, the perception of the unbelieving Jews who thought they were essentially born saved as children of Abraham and justified by their performance under the Law, which contrasts with the Gentile believers who successfully attained God’s righteousness simply by faith, summarized at Romans 9:30-32.

Righteousness is never earned by fallen creatures, no matter how hard they try, no matter how much willing and running they do. God’s mercy is for those who stop and surrender, turning themselves toward God, much like the “prodigal son” who humbly returned home, and received grace and mercy from this father, even though he didn’t deserve it.

I would not call myself either a Monergist or Synergist. Those are just pejorative terms that are used to put down the view of the other person. Neither reflects what we actually see in the bible.

Only God saves but He only saves those that have trusted in His risen Son and since faith is not a work it in no way can be considered as man working with God for his salvation. This truth can be clearly seen here: “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,” Eph 1:13

 

...same question, just different, here.

December 27, 2009; 73 total participants; Synergists - 26 vote(s) 35.6%; Monergists 47 vote(s) 64.4%

Poll: Which doctrine do you believe?

Synergism: the doctrine that the human will cooperates with the Holy Ghost in the work of regeneration. 26 vote(s) 35.6%

Monergism: the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. 47 vote(s) 64.4%

 

I think the wording on the old poll might be making the difference here.

 

Lol, you should browse through all 17 pages of the thread, it was an eye opener for me at the time. No matter how I worded it, getting 'free-willers' to admit to being a 'Synergist' was like trying to nail jello to the wall.

 

...reading the posts from the 'old group' saddens me a little...how quickly time flies by.

 

Your [lame] view, twisting Romans 9 to apply only to Jews, is consistent with those who reject God's sovereign grace, re. 24th verse:

2 3 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
24 even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles? Ro 9