It is a demonstration of a disposition which thinks it can manage the truth. Those who defend such a forum for dichotomizing sovereignty and responsibility, reveal a contempt and rebellion against the sovereignty of God as defined in the gospel found in Rom. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For 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. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom he will he hardeneth.
False faith is very sincere about sovereignty and responsibility.
Many Evangelical and Reformed churches have made use of this false tension by using it as a tool to bind the consciences of many pew bearers in an unbiblical guilt. A guilt disguising itself within a self love concern. A kind of humiliation which is primarily concerned with inconsistent moral self performance rather than seeing the transgression for what it truly is. A transgression, or want of conformity, against the Lord Jesus Christ and the work He secures for His own. You see it is an expression of contempt for grace to think that living the Christian life is something we can polish, hone, or develop.