The Monergist View of the Human Will

It will help to know what your point is before continuing with the 20 questions exercise.

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Any agreement with Luther or another author is only relevant to the degree it supports the biblical position. This thread is meant to posit the Monergist position. Monergists believe the human will of the unregenerate person is in bondage (slavery) to sin. The will is not free by the very nature of it being in bondage. The will of the Christian is free from the bondage of sin, but it still serves another master. Romans 6:17-18 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

 

The only vitriol that will appear in this thread is the vitriol you bring with you. If you do, I will just add you to my ever-growing block list. I have zero-tolerance for drama queens. You can post into the ether as far as I am concerned. The choice is yours.

As far as free will goes, it is a false soteriological concept. Can the words "free" and "will" be used together in the same sentence? Sure. Do Mongerists believe that regenerate persons choose Christ freely? Absolutely. They choose freely once their will has been released from the bondage of sin. Prior to that release, the will of the sinner is incapable of belief (Rom. 8:7). Once the Holy Spirit illumines and regenerates a person, that person will always choose Christ, each and every time. The only people the Holy Spirit illumines and regenerates are the Elect. Those people who reject Christ do so because they have never been illumined or regenerated and still have a will that is in bondage to sin.

 

Wesley, I am going to agree with your statement 100%. Jesus said:

John 6:35-40 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

Verse 37 says "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me". The Father gives the Elect to the Son. The Holy Spirit accomplishes this by the proclamation of the Gospel and through regeneration. So, yes, if you are are one of God's elect, you will spend eternity with Him.

 

There is no middle position. Humanity is never free in the manner in which Synergists think. That does not mean we do not choose freely, but there is a categorical difference between freedom of choice and the concept of free will. Those things are not the same.