The Enormous Cost of Grace

To deny the irresistibility of God's saving grace is to say that God can be resisted, against His will, by mere man. The Scriptures teach us that no one can thwart God's will (Eph. 1:11) or stop His hand (Dan. 4:35), and the electing God is the calling God (Rom. 8:29-30). Thus, salvation is monergistic grace (Eph. 2:1-10); it is not a work that we accomplish in whole or even in part (2 Tim. 1:9). It is not a joint venture between the Holy Spirit and us; we do not even cooperate in bringing...