Jonathan Edwards thru Scriptures and Rationale describes that the Spiritual Knowledge and illumination needed to understand the gospel and to internalize the excellencies of divine truth, is imparted by God alone (monergism)
This knowledge is given immediately by God and not obtained through natural means that operate by their own power. While God often makes use of natural means, yet the medium is not what causes the effect. God may teach us many things through nature and reason, and even use the words of Scripture to convey a doctrine or proposition, but only God can illumine them in such a way wherein we see their beauty and excellency. Those who are unregenerate have no capacity to love what is spiritual and are not partly but wholly dependent on God to translate them from darkness to light.
Jonathan Edwards
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