Election does not exclude human responsibility or the necessity of each person to respond to the gospel by faith. – John MacArthur

Those statements defining God's sovereign choice of believers are not in the Bible to cause controversy, as if God's election means sinners don't make decisions. Election does not exclude human responsibility or the necessity of each person to respond to the gospel by faith. Jesus said, "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out" (John 6:37).

Admittedly the two concepts don't seem to go together. However, both are true separately, and we must accept them both by faith. You may not understand it, but rest assured--it's fully reconciled in the mind of God. 

–John MacArthur

Is the Doctrine of Election Biblical