I know the decisional salvation error is popular, but it is a denial of the truth of Scripture.
This interests me, because you have thought through your position.
God may choose the elect and everything flows from that choice though we appear to be
involved, it may be just a consequence of what is happening.
Now once we are saved we do have a real choice because we have been brought to a place
of privilege from which to exercise choice. A slave is not free to choose, but a free man
can. It appears that we can choose to preach the word and share and this will bring fruit
by Gods hand, for He does call His elect from wherever His spirit touches and brings life to
them.
It has been said how can a sinner choose life when he does not possess it?
But this might be a false dilemma, because within every sinner there is the acknowledgment
of sin which makes them guilty, so one could argue, it is this problem they are desiring a solution
to and not because of knowledge of Christ. And the choice maybe just calling to Christ out of
a place of hopelessness and not ability to walk righteously which pelegian heresy implies.
So is the call a call of faith or request for help? Does God transform this call for help into a call
for salvation upon quickening so making it a step of faith, as a response to the word?
I did use the argument that we are saved by Christ and the cross and our response in faith
on a thread to see what the arguments were against it.
The grace camp could not oppose it, because they need a response to fit their theology,
but you seem not to, so are a good candidate to argue the case.
Are we truly passive in salvation?