The teaching that we cooperate with God in our efforts of salvation This is opposed to monergism which is the teaching that God is the sole agent involved in salvation Cults are synergistic in that they teach that God's grace combined with our efforts are what makes forgiveness of sins possible
Synergism is from the Greek word [synergia], meaning, to cooperate with, or to work together In Christian theology it is the teaching that man's will works together or cooperates with God to accomplish our Salvation It is based upon one or more of the theories of prevenient grace, all of which are deficient and biblically unsound [back]
an interaction in which the total effect of the interaction is greater than the sum of the two taken separately Air pollutants often create a synergistic effect on human health
is the act of working together Two chemicals which are synergistic have a greater effect together than the sum of their individual effects The effect can be either positive or negative
The doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a human soul there is a coöperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and of man
the simultaneous action of separate agencies which, together, have greater total effect than the sum of their individual effects the combined or correlated action of different parts working together In relation to lubricants the beneficial reaction between base oil and additive or between two or more additives synergistic
The false doctrine that conversion is begun and effected by a cooperative effort by God and the person In this theory, the Supreme Being merely aids us in saving ourselves To be contrasted with the Biblical teaching of Divine Monergism ( CONTRAST: Monergism, Regeneration )
An interaction of two or more chemicals such that the effect, when combined, is greater than the predicted effect based on the activity of each chemical applied separately