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I see the crux of the issue: Calvinists view God as a Dictator rather than the Gentleman He is. All through the OT and NT, more than anything, we find the exercise of faith encouraged, practiced, and rewarded.Grace saves those who cannot believe or want anything to do with God. If you think you had anything to do with your salvation, you get part of God's glory and deny grace.
Did not the Zidonian widow exercise her faith in Elijah while relying on nothing but his promise of deliverance? Did not Naaman?
Did not the Syro-Phoenician woman?
Did not the paralyzed man lowered through the roof to Jesus?
I'm even willing to believe the demoniac of Gadara knew Jesus was his only hope for deliverance, and his faith - rendered wholly inaudible by his demonic slavemasters - was heard loud and clear by my Savior.
Exercising faith is the equivalent of opening of the door upon which Jesus is knocking which allows Him entrance and it adds not a single nano-particle of weight or a micron of dimension to God's grace.