@Bruiser Lets have a look at the WCF Ch3 Sec 1 on God's eternal Decree
Confession of Faith
Chapter 3: Of God’s Eternal Decree
1. God, from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass:
yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin,
nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Are you trying to claim this is synergistic? I assure you it is not.
Let's consider this part in particular: "nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established."
Elect sinners are not forced to believe in Christ; they are called by the Holy Spirit (The Holy Spirit gathers the elect). This calling transforms lost, dead sinners, unbelievers into believers, children of darkness into children of light. (Monergistic) Brother, it is not difficult to show that this teaching is eminently scriptural.
According to scripture, it is God who initiates the process of salvation by calling men with such omnipotent and irresistible power that they are brought into a saving relation with Jesus. Paul speaks of this about himself, his introduction.
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, Gal 1:15. Paul uses this term, "called," as synonymous with Christians.
Peter says the same:
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10.
There is so much more. And there is nothing synergistic about any of it.
This calling is always efficacious, as it always results in salvation. This is the monergistic divine act of regeneration which infuses the life from above, the life of which Christ is the fountain, into our heart and so spells the spiritual resurrection of a sinner from the dead in sin.
And you were dead in your offenses and sins, Eph 2:1.
There is no violence or being forced to believe that a dead sinner has been resurrected (crucified with Christ) unto life, out of darkness into the light. We are saved by grace. And once this happens, we are new in Christ. We then freely express belief.
When Paul says in Romans if we confess with our mouth and believe in our hearts, we shall be saved. It is the realization that Jesus is the Christ, once the light is turned on in John 3:3.
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
We then know him and believe and are justfied by faith.
There is nothing synergistic here.
