What’s troubling is that many Calvinists who talk about grace don’t really understand it, scripturally.
I’ve met a significant number of Calvinists whose testimony is essentially, “One day, I just realised I was part of the elect” - and that is the basis of their claim to salvation. Nothing about repentance. Nothing about calling upon the Lord.
People who believe that way are sorely deluded and still lost in their sins.
Your post illustrates a key point.
We are saved by grace through faith.
In Calvinism, these are conditional upon election, so we are saved by election.
This is quite different.
You mean that you cannot declare self salvation and make it stick? Dearie me. Whatever will our Calvinist and OSAS friends do now?