Fair question.
God could do almost anything. After all, He is God.
There are, of course, exceptions. Those exceptions are matters contrary to His own nature — for example, a holy and sovereign God is inherently incapable of committing sin, inherently incapable of limiting His own power, or doing some other such thing. That's why classic condundrum questions such as whether God is capable of creating a rock so heavy He can't lift it are inherently nonsensical. Sovereign means sovereign; holy means holy. An all-powerful God who is less than all-powerful is as inherently impossible as a square circle.
While God **COULD** do almost anything, we know from His Holy Word what He has in fact done.
What do we know from God's Word that He has done?
What we know includes that “the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.”
This isn't just one case. The word “vessels” is plural, so in addition to Pharaoh, there must be other vessels of wrath fitted for destruction since God being “willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction.”
I see no way that an Arminian who wants to believe an inerrant Bible can avoid admitting that at least one human being was predestined for destruction — Pharaoh — and that there are other similar vessels of wrath fitted for destruction for the explicit purpose that God “might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.”
Once the Arminian admits that, and it is crystal clear from the text, the Arminian loses the argument that predestination unto destruction somehow dishonors God.
I’m hungering for some experiential Calvinism. Think I’ll find a Beeke sermon...
Are you sure he wasn't saved?
And I’m still not sure if you believe God could change his mind about you.. or you could be wrong about being elect...
I am assuming you know you are elect of course. Your previous reply may mean I’m wrong on this.. If I am, never mind. :)