Are lost people under God's control?
No, lost people are not under God's control. They are enemies and aliens of God, yet He continues loving them and pouring out His grace, offering them salvation. As Romans 5:10 states, when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son.
Les explains that lost people are not under God's control, just as he, being a non-citizen, is not under Russian law. He says lost people are actually enemies and aliens of God, but God doesn't stop loving His enemies. God keeps pouring out His grace upon them and offering them salvation. Les references Romans 5:10, where Paul writes that when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son. He notes that the cross made reconciliation available to the whole human race, and that believers shall be saved by His life, having eternal life imputed to them.