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In my position also, the work of salvation is God's alone. I do not see faith and repentance as synergistic works. Therefore, I am a monergist. Sorry to break it to you.

Oh, how about more recently. I was told that salvation in that passage was referring to progressive salvation and making his salvation PERMANENT. LOL F. In order to be progressively saved and make your salvation permament you have to believe Jesus was who He said He was, etc.'' I'm not quite...

I can agree with this. And even though it may not be what was intended by the parable, I think the parable of the hidden treasure can be used as an analogy for the way I see it. Jesus died for the world (purchased the field) in order to save the elect (the treasure hidden in the field) I...

Here's another thing...if Calvininsts accept the secondary means of preaching of the Gospel and hearing the gospel in regeneration, why don't they accept the secondary means of believing. It is saved by Grace though faith, so it is Grace that saves us anyways. And if someone says that a person...

Yes, some are very active in producing non-sequiturs They say... a. Christ died for the sheep, therefore He did not die for all. (non sequitur) b. Man must be granted faith to believe, therefore grace is irresistable. (non sequitur) c. Salvation is by grace alone, not by any work, therefore...

So Mr. Cassidy, when was Paul regenerated? On the Damascus road or on the when Annanias appeared to Him? Let me know, because I have a follow up question for you

So that would mean that God gives His Spirit to people BEFORE they believe. Because you cannot be believe until you have been regenerated, and you cannot be regenerated without receiving the Holy Spirit. OH yeah, but you say it's similtaneous...but still you cannot believe until you are...

And what part of NOT doing a specific action is not an action This is like stuff you don't even have to go to school to know. It's just common sense. You have abandoned reason entirely in your argumentation. And what part of me adding my EFFECTUAL WORK to regeneration, (which is NILL) to God's...

No, for the tenth time "not doing something" is not an action. And SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, Not performing a specific action is not the same as not doing anything at all. I knew this as a child, why havent you figured it out yet? I could be "not building a house" yet be "cooking a pot...

I realize salvation is more than going to heaven and escaping hell. You're not talking to a baby here. But Paul is talking about all aspects of salvation, INCLUDING regeneration. How shall they believe on whom they have not heard.

a. All things are certain in God's perfect foreknowlege but yet they are contingent in time. One phrase refers to eternity and God's infinite foreknowledge and the other phrase refers to time. God is not limited by time or space, so the limitations of contingency do not apply to Him. They...

We know that Christ died for His sheep. But where does it say that He did not die for all? Tell me, what is your understanding of Matthew 13:44?

Agreed that God must intervene. To simplify things, here is what I am saying. Anyone who accuses Arminians of believing in synergism in regeneration is either ignorant of what the word means, ignorant of what Arminians believe or dishonest. I have clearly stated and clearly demonstrated that I...

I never said "not resisting" is doing nothing. I said a negative verb form does not describe an action. Just like not drinking beer is not an action, not picking my nose is not an action, not misexegeting Acts 16 like T. Cassidy does (see post 95 for my comments) is not an action, and not...

http://www.englishgrammar.org/negative-verb-forms/

And the question is not is "resist" a verb or if resist is an act, rather the question is if not doing something qualifies as an action. Is not building a house an action?

DO you think when the Philippian jailer asked Paul what he must do to be saved (passage in question) he was asking how to be PROGRESSIVELY saved and how to make his salvation permanent? And you think that is how Paul understood his question? And how the Philippian jailer understood Paul's...

so questions for the Calvinists... a. Where does it say IN THE BIBLE that Christ died ONLY for the Elect?

Good post and good questions/points Yes, faith is a gift of God. Completely agree. As I said in numerous posts, faith is NOT a synergistic work. Neither is repentance or calling on the name of the Lord, or receiving the gift of salvation. All of these things FLOW from the grace of God and...