But there are some who sacrifice that Sovereignty for the free will of man. Sometimes you have to re-state the obvious.
My point is that Calvinists tend to view God through Greek lenses, while the whole of scripture describes Him through Hebrew lenses.
Paul described God both through the Hebrew and Greek lenses. And many Calvinist I know tend view the covenants through the Hebrew lens.
For instance, the OT describes the kinsman-redeemer. Jesus is mankind's kinsman-redeemer. He emptied of himself to meet His people and be their sacrifice. Who are his people? If all men, then all would be saved by the kinsman-redeemer. But we know all will not be saved. So who are saved? Those that the Father chose for the Son.
Sorry, but the Bible speaks of "representative" language...Christ was our representative in serving out the curse's penalty on the cross (one for all)...Adam was our representative in jumpstarting that curse in the garden...'tis all there in Romans 5.
Adam & Eve had "free will." Since then, perfect "free will" and mortal sovereignty went by the wayside.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. (Jesus, Matthew 15:19)
Our heart isn't simply corrupted by the sin we allow into our lives; no, Jesus says that it's our heart that spills over into enacted sin...
Let's go back to Jewish theological thought from a long time ago:
* Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5)
* Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward... (Psalm 58:3)