The Doctrine of Election Isn't About Saving People Against Their Will
There has been so many misconceptions about Calvinism that even some beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus have them. While I don't care too much if a person is Calvinist or non-Calvinist (and a non-Calvinist isn't automatically an Arminian) - there has been a serious and gross misrepresentation of Calvinism that needs to be addressed. This is the mistake that Calvinism or the doctrine of election is about saving people against their will when it isn't. So what drives people unto the Lord Jesus? John 6:44 has Jesus saying that no man can come unto Him except that the Father draws said person to Him. The great Reformed Baptist preacher Charles H. Spurgeon got it right when he said that people aren't saved against their will but they are made willing by the Holy Spirit. A good example of election and people made willing by the Holy Ghost is the conversion of Saul. If there's anything that Calvinist Christians can get it right - it's that they don'