And how we handle each is what defines life for each of us. Some proclaim freedom excludes responsibility. Others proclaim that personal responsibility excludes freedom. It is the heat that is caused over the tension between freedom and responsibility that necessitates grace. Salvation involves the maximum freedom and maximum responsibility.
Grace says both are equally binding.
God is sovereign and he is free to do what he wishes. Yet, responsibility defines his freedom, which results in grace. Each conflict with the other and in doing so each creates the appreciation for the other. Each creates the need for the other. Out of the wretched experience of living between the two equally valid conclusions of the paradox comes our wretched need for salvation by grace.