I do not see anyone who puts God in a full nelson, except, maybe, if you believe in an extreme view of eternal security [i.e. since I have believed I cannot be lost, no matter what].
I think this "job offer" definition of the armenian view and others similar is too simplistic, and I think some people's view of calvinism or anything similar is often the same.
I do not support the views portrayed as Calvin's, but I do believe in predestination as protrayed in Paul's gospel being based on the foreknowledge of God including of each and every individual.
There are some facts from Jesus' own words, "no one comes to me except the Father draw him." John 6:44.
Each and every one of us who believe was drawn, by a testimony, a miracle, the preaching of the word. There are many more who experience the same and similar things yet are unaffected by it. Who was it who made the difference in the light of what Jesus said above? Does this exclude anyone from the offer of salvation? No, for we all are called but not all are chosen.
Are we expected to accept God's offer of salvation? Yes. The Scripture is very clear on this matter, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved."
Who can believe? Anyone. But... who will believe? Obviously not everyone. Those who have truly believed will know that it was something outside of themselves that drew them to Christ, salvation is never the work of mankind. I ask you to consider your testimony, here's mine.
In my childhood days I attended church [I think the believer's meeting, or breaking of bread, commonly practiced in those days that it was not the place for unbelievers who might bring condemnation on themselves since they did not believe in Christ] and my dad shared a part of his testimony. That part concerned me.
I am aware that he was not speaking to me, rather encouraging his brothers and sisters by his experience in Christ.
He shared how I was born sick and, according to our doctor, shared, at best, a very grim outlook on life, possibly as a helpless alcoholic [though he did not say this, only the medication he prescribed was alcohol]. My dad shared his horror at discovering he was giving me alcohol as my medication. This discovery was made because he was disturbed that I screamed every time I was medicated.
If he was horrified, my mother even more so and it bothered her so much she could not bring herself to fill the script when supply ran out. So the weekend came and it was impossible those days to fill a script on the weekend, and she braced herself for the worst.
Morning came and they came together for prayer and devotion. My dad began his worldwide petition for the lost and my mother, knowing this would take some time, opened her Bible to Mark 9 and began to read.
When my dad finished, she drew his attention to the passage she had been reading and asked, "If God did this for this man's son, do you think he will heal Kerry for us?"
My dad could not think of any objection to this so he "I-suppose-soed" and they placed their hands on me and prayed. I woke and started to cry.
"What should I do?" mum asked.
"Feed him I suppose," responded my dad, knowing full well that I was unable to retain food without medication.
Mum fed me and they knew straight away that I was healed.
Dad said nothing to me personally but something, no someone, began tugging at my heart and, on the conclusion of that service, in the dark outside the building, alone, I believed in Jesus Christ. Nothing else seemed remotely reasonable to me.
Was I saved when I believed? Absolutely. Did I have to believe to be saved? Yes. I would not have proclaimed Jesus as my life if I did not. Was I saved because I believe? Not the way I see it. Jesus healed me when I was a newborn, without understanding of words or knowledge. That is when he saved me. I recognised that fact. The truth is he saved me when he died and rose again making my healing possible. I did not save myself, God saved me.
Will God save anyone? Yes, if they will respond to the testimony and drawing of his Holy Spirit he will.
Jesus said, "All who the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast away." John 6:37.
This is the tension of the call and response of the gospel that so few appear to understand, and very few seem to know of the drawing of God through the Holy Spirit.
Could I have said, no, to God? Humanly it seems possible, but for me it is ever inconceivable. I just could not and would not picture it any other way. The life I live, I live by the faith of the Son of God.