tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000246624917740455.post9141379849479556752..comments2023-10-23T06:05:44.319-07:00Comments on BibleBase Second Thoughts: Synergy and Prevenient GraceRon Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07507424807041686192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000246624917740455.post-51049924028825327922008-11-18T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-18T07:32:00.000-08:00Wesley however regarded the conscience as an eleme...Wesley however regarded the conscience as an element of prevenient grace and did not like to regard the conscience as a natural gift but part of the prevening grace given to all.<BR/><BR/>Monergism really means it is all of God... alone. I am not sure that Wesley would have used the word monergism if he had heard it.Ron Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07507424807041686192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7000246624917740455.post-65178485790607964292008-11-17T16:29:00.000-08:002008-11-17T16:29:00.000-08:00One scholar summarized Wesley's view of previenent...One scholar summarized Wesley's view of previenent grace saying that it gave man "response-ability" towards God. I personally believe that previenent grace accompanies the proclaimed word. <BR/><BR/>For the word of God is "powerful" and "active," sharper than any two-edged sword. It's a "creative" word that contains the power to create the thing that is spoken. God's word does not return void, it "accomplishes" what it is sent out to do. For by the word of the Lord the heavens were created, He spoke and it came into being. Therefore, when God commands a man to repent, he actually can do such, for God's creative and powerful word enables him to do respond to the proclaimed word. <BR/><BR/>All of this, contrary to the claims of Calvinism, I believe can still properly be called monergism, instead of synergism. For all of it is still of God. For it is His word alone that enables a man to have faith in the God who saves. Therefore, faith cannot be said to be a "work" of man which saves him. It's still of God. Hab 2:4 says "the righteous shall live by <B>his</B> faith." So, while faith is his (the individual's), it is ultimately of Him (God).The Big Bad Bankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567472295446852506noreply@blogger.com