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--Or does it apply to the rest of the believer's life?
Monergism generally only refers to the regeneration of the believer being the work of God alone --that is, that we do not even cooperate in our own salvation by "accepting" or being an active agent in receiving the Lord. God alone chooses, puts his Spirit within (without asking our permission or submission), and thus regenerates us --even our faith is this same gift, not the work of the will or intellect.
Thus we have received him, not by our decision, but by his. The subsequent repentance and submission (call it "accepting him" if you like) is a result, and not the cause of his action upon us, and even THAT is made substantial by the fact of "Christ in us", not by any inherent integrity of human will.
I am convinced that any good the will of the believer does subsequent to salvation is also entirely the work of God. We may be "along for the ride", but this ride does consume us, as he continues to uphold us. Our will is most definitely involved, enroiled, extremely so, but it is not a matter of him doing his part and we doing ours. It is all him, and we are IN HIM.
There are a lot more themes involved in this thought, but I will leave it here for now.
Your thoughts?
Monergism generally only refers to the regeneration of the believer being the work of God alone --that is, that we do not even cooperate in our own salvation by "accepting" or being an active agent in receiving the Lord. God alone chooses, puts his Spirit within (without asking our permission or submission), and thus regenerates us --even our faith is this same gift, not the work of the will or intellect.
Thus we have received him, not by our decision, but by his. The subsequent repentance and submission (call it "accepting him" if you like) is a result, and not the cause of his action upon us, and even THAT is made substantial by the fact of "Christ in us", not by any inherent integrity of human will.
I am convinced that any good the will of the believer does subsequent to salvation is also entirely the work of God. We may be "along for the ride", but this ride does consume us, as he continues to uphold us. Our will is most definitely involved, enroiled, extremely so, but it is not a matter of him doing his part and we doing ours. It is all him, and we are IN HIM.
There are a lot more themes involved in this thought, but I will leave it here for now.
Your thoughts?