While the descriptions Gamecock & Lexinom gave are dealing with the comfort and confidence that we can have in an all-wise, all knowing, transcendent God of Heaven and Earth, you seem to argue “free will” is kinder.
Please notice, if the incorrect statement “God has done all He can, now it is up to us.” is true, it is a monstrous portrayal of God. Why doesn’t He write in letters 10,000 feet high across the sky, “Wake up people!” Are you telling us He has done ALL that He possibly could? All? If He has, then He hasn’t worked very hard at convincing the stubborn, ignorant millions that love darkness.
Stand back for a minute and ask yourself if you really think the Bible is portraying a God that doesn’t control every minute detail of every situation? Is there a maverick molecule out there? That makes your softened heart even a greater miracle than you thought, if He made the change while you were at war with Him. And the same goes for those He is leaving to the hardness of their hearts. “You will say to me then, How can He still blame us, for who can resist His will?” Rom. 9.
Who are you to answer back to God, o man?
Read the thread, the 'comfort and confidence' is only meant for the elect. John Calvin, the former lawyer and excellent legalist said it was His choice. The Calvinists have ignored all the scriptures that support free will which offers everyone to have the choice of accepting or rejecting salvation from Jesus as according to the Bible.
Who are you to answer back to God, o man?
The same way I do everyday with prayer and supplications. How do you answer back to God? Like a good Calvinist Pharisee that knows the letter of the law but not the Spirit? Jesus knew your kind, and He didn't like them.