““You must preach the gospel to them as if it were life or death, for it really is.”
Not if your (sic) a Calvinist... it’s really NOT life and death.
Only the elect will be saved. The elect won’t be lost.
(if your (sic) a Calvinist)”
Incorrect. It IS REALLY life and death. The means of salvation is also pre-determined, and that is the preaching of the Word. Romans 10 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?
“Incorrect. It IS REALLY life and death.”
No, REALLY it’s not.
Do the elect have any chance of perishing?
Your “means” argument is merely a shell game.