So, are you saying, that if he wasn't one of the Calvinistically foreordained elect, that he was irredeemably unregenerate, and that looking for God was a futile effort? Where in the Bible does it say that?
Last time I checked, the Bible says that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
The problem is no one will seek God unless He acts first. Speaking of the unregenerate man scripture says this
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
The unregenerate man seeks a god of his own liking, one he is comfortable with, one that meets his expectations and desire of what god should be like.
Most men are not interested in the God of the bible, that God is really God of everything.
God will reward ( notice it does not say "save" ) those who seek Him, because only those that are already His will seek for Him .
I do not know if this man is a reprobate or not, but at this time in his life he is looking for a god he can control. This man was never a calvinist.