What was the lie that Satan told Eve about partaking the forbidden fruit? Your eyes are open & you're looking with them, but you're not seeing. Satan's lie was still a lie. He chooses whom He will & His choice is just, because He is just. He is not arbitrary & He told us how we can discern those who are probably among the elect.
Again, if God selects “the elect” over other sinners, He must be arbitrary and a respecter of persons. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. None are righteous. All are worthy of death. Randomly selecting a few for saving is unfair to the rest who will perish.
God has provided a means for our salvation, the atoning sacrifice of His own Son. That whosever believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. We must RESPOND to the Gospel on our own. Saying that the Holy Spirit is the author of our response requires an unfair God who stacks the deck for some and against others.