Monergism states that the regeneration of an individual is the work of God through the Holy Spirit alone, as opposed to synergism, which, in its simplest form, argues that the human will cooperates with God's grace in order to be regenerated.
Thought it would be better to give you a definition for both synergism and monergism.
“the human will cooperates with God's grace in order to be regenerated. “
So what is Paul teaching here ?
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if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
that ye put off concerning the former conversation
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
and
be renewed in the spirit of your mind; ( believing the gospel does this )
and
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Wherefore
putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil.
Let him that stole
steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and
be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Ephesians 4:21-32 KJV
isn’t Paul teaching them to cooperate with Gods grace in order to be regenerated ? Or here
“Wherefore,
my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is
God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.( he’s trying to change our Will and actions but we don’t cooperate )
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.”
Philippians 2:12-16 KJV
Would you say Paul is teaching the church to cooperate with God ?
