Suppose a man builds up a gambling debt so large he would never be able to pay it back. The man is thrown into prison and put in chains. His benevolent and wealthy father offers to pay the entirety of the man’s debt if the man will simply raise up his chains to his father and repent.
If the man accepts, what percentage of the debt did the father pay?
If the man rejects, Did the father ever have insufficient means to pay the man’s debt at any time.
Does the father ever try and fail to pay the man’s debt?
Is there any free will decision that could truly originate within us in choosing Christ, that you would not label synergistic?
Is it the case that if there was any free will decision that truly originated within us in Chosing Christ, that you would not label synergistic?
You have mentioned a few times that if the decision to have faith originated in any way within man, that God could not actually save anyone, but could only try to save someone. I believe that you are confusing our point on when God saves.
I would argue that God successfully created the system for which man can freely choose or reject him. God can do anything he wants... and if he wants to create a path for salvation to those who have Faith in Christ, then he was successful in doing so. Your argument against me is actually limiting God because you are saying that God can't create free will agents without limiting his sovereignty, while I am saying, yes, the God I serve is big enough, strong enough, an wise enough to do that. It seems you are the one putting limits on God my friend.
Finally, when man freely chooses to accept or reject Christ from themselves, we are not opposing his will, but actually walking in his will.
The Father set up a condition for the man, and the condition sounds absurd in a way because it seems so easy to get out of debt, and that is the good news of the gospel!!
My opponent has admitted and is clearly labeling any true decision that originates from man as being "synergyistc". So it seems he has attached a boogie-man label by default onto any person who disagrees with the foundational point that we are disagreeing. Because I agree with Paul that Faith is not a work, then my faith does not count in any way as a work, whether meriotorious or not. By the real definition of synergism, which is that man and God work together to bring about salvation, I would deny this 100%; however, by my opponents definition of synergisim, which I will call "synergyisim-overused" then it would seem I fall under his definition, but I stand there in good company with Paul, Peter, and Jesus.