Agreed, but can the Elect fall away? did Christ not say of the end times “even the elect will be deceived”?

Guess it really comes down to can you “reject God”, if you can’t we have no free will (either to accept or reject), and without free will there can be no Love.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/437424-god-created-things-which-had-free-will-that-means-creatures?utm_source=perplexity

Aquinas teaches that predestination involves God’s active decree to grant efficacious grace leading to glory for the elect, while reprobation is passive God permits damnation due to the creature’s foreseen refusal of grace. This preserves divine mercy in election and justice in punishment, as reprobation stems from sin rather than God’s positive will.

Can you truly Love God and but be dammed?

Can the father draw someone to Christ only to be rejected by that person?

How could they be called but not chosen? (According to the above?)

It’s like watching children try to play basketball and concluding the sport itself is terrible.