While this is by no means an exhaustive list, the
following are Christians in the course of the history of the Church who
believed and taught monergistic regeneration: (we will add to this list as more resources are found)
Scripture, Augustine, Council of Orange, Martin Luther (who considered this doctrine the heart of the Reformation), John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, Blaise Pascal, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, John Owen, John Flavel, Thomas Manton, William Gurnall, Thomas Watson, Thomas Boston, Stephen Charnock, Francis Turretin, more Puritans of the 17th century including all the signatories of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and other church creeds and confessions, George Whitefield, Augustus Toplady, John Newton, Charles Hodge, A.A. Hodge, J. C. Ryle, A. W. Pink, John Murray and some contemporary pastors and theologians such as Martyn Lloyd-Jones, John Piper, Wayne Grudem, R.C. Sproul, Iain Murray, J.I. Packer, and signatories to the Cambridge Declaration of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and more...
"And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart
and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God
with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." - Deut 30:6
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. - Ezek 36:27
"Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your
courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the
holiness of your temple." - Psalm 65:4
"He said to them, 'But who do you say that I am?' Simon Peter
replied, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' And Jesus
answered him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has
not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.'" -
Matthew 16:15-17
"John answered, 'A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.'" - John 3:27
"For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will" - John 5:21
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words
that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you
who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were
who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) And he said,
"This is why I told you that no one can come to me [i.e. believe in me] unless it is granted him by the Father." - John 6:63-65 [All
of God's operations in the economy of salvation proceed from the
Father, are through the Son, and are executed by the Spirit. No one
believes unless God grants it]
"All that the Father gives to me will come to me" (i.e. believe in me) - John 6:37 [all whom God grants to the Son, believes]
"Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God." - John 8:47
"He [Jesus] said, 'To you it has been given to know the secrets of
the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that "seeing
they may not see, and hearing they may not understand." - Luke 8:10
"One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira,
a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened
her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul." - Acts 16:14
"...it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy." - Rom 9:16
"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of God, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." - John 1:13
"...no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit." - 1 Cor 12:3
"What have you that you did not receive?" - 1 Cor. 4:7
"In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the
unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the
glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For
God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our
hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ." - 2 Cor 4:4-6
" In him you were also circumcised, in the
putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the
hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been
buried with him in baptism and raise...d with him through your faith in
the power of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in
your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you
alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the
written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood
opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross." - Colossians 2:11-14
"But by the grace of God I am what I am" - 1 Cor. 15:10
"The heart of a man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps." - Prov 16:9
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."..."Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." - John 3:3-5
"But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive [quickened us] with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved." - Ephesians 2:4-5
"The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both." - Proverbs 20:12
"For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because
our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the
Holy Spirit and with full conviction." 1 Thess 1:4-5
"...the Son gives life to whom he will." - John 5:21
"...Christ Jesus has made me his own" - Philippians 3:12
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God."- 1 John 5:1
"And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live...Then you
shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares
the LORD."- Ezekiel 37:14
"Our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction." - 1 Thessalonians 1:5
Grace is not a reward for obedience; obedience is the result of
grace. "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption." - 1 Corinthians 1:30
"Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify
you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal
life to all whom you have GIVEN HIM ... I am praying for them. I am not
praying for the world but for those whom you have GIVEN ME, for they
are yours."
- John 17:2, 9
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and
understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for
such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by
my Father, and no one... knows the Son except the Father, and no one
knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to
reveal him. - Matt 11:25-27
"Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners" - 1 Timothy 1:12-17
"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted." - Job 42:2
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