Claim. God’s portion of the providence is ninety-five percent; the human portion is five percent. The disproportion expresses how small the human portion is relative to God’s toil, while five percent remains one hundred percent of human effort.
Elaboration. dp-2-the-predestination-of-the-way-in-which-god-s-will-is-fulfilled supplies the numerical formulation: “God predestines the process of its accomplishment conditionally, contingent upon the five percent responsibility of the central figure, which must be completed in addition to the ninety-five percent responsibility of God. The proportion of five percent is used to indicate that the human portion of responsibility is extremely small when compared to God’s portion of responsibility. Yet for human beings, this five percent is equivalent to one hundred percent of our effort.”
Three operational examples are given: Adam and Eve had to refrain from the fruit; Noah had to build the ark with utmost devotion; the Jewish people had to believe in Jesus and render devoted service. In each, the human portion was small in proportion but absolute in demand — and in each, “human beings could not cope with even their small portion of responsibility,” so the providence was prolonged.
Significance. This is the numerical form of the claim that the human portion is inviolable even by God. The ratio reframes the responsibility doctrine apologetically: critics who say DP burdens humans excessively are answered that the burden is 5%; critics who say the 5% trivializes human freedom are answered that it equals 100% of human effort. The proportion is rhetorical, not measurable.
See also. dp-realm-of-indirect-dominion-during-growing-period · dp-individuals-conditionally-predestined-pending-responsibility-completion.