If it doesn’t seek you, you won’t seek it.
If you do seek it, it is already seeking you.
If you find it, you get to keep it.
If you have it, it will transform your life.
If you don’t have it, you won’t care that you don’t have it, until its too late.
Makes sense all right, but mainly because that’s what the Bible teaches. I respectfully submit that TULIP may be what you surmise by cherry-picking passages while ignoring others, but such an approach to Bible study is no way to come to an understanding of what the Bible teaches.
God seeks everyone; Jesus died for everyone, and it is up to each individual to choose whether to accept His gift by accepting Him as Savior and Lord, or following the broad path that leads to destruction.
I appreciate your gentle tone, but I do not think Calvinism is dismissive of any Scripture. I know that as a Calvinist, I am open to any persuasion of Scripture, provided I am not asked to ignore other Scriptures bearing on the same topic. And I have yet to hear anyone provide proof that God will fail to accomplish all that he plans to do, including his plan to have mercy on whom he will have mercy.
“and it is up to each individual to choose whether to accept His gift by accepting Him as Savior and Lord”
Thank God I was smart enough to choose Jesus. Is that what the bible says?