I understand, Todd - the slogan is more for generating discussion and comparison than creating an exhaustive doctrinal statement.
I am thinking of this more as a tool to get to the "apex of the pyramid", then begin working deeper and broader.
Union with Christ is how our salvation is effectuated, right? So, the order is key: God 1. effectuates (that is completely works out the how and who), Man (the elect) participates vicariously.
Participation at it's root means "to take part in" and how one understands the way by which a person is engaged and enabled to "take part in" is at the core of the monergistic vs synergistic debate.
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We may add that this union with Christ, in view of which God elects and to which God calls the sinner...
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