Does an unsaved person need to worry about whether God has elected them?
No. An unsaved person does not need to worry or fret about whether God has elected them. Scripture presents election and foreknowledge as God's knowledge of who would believe. The invitation remains open to whosoever will, and the door into the sheepfold is at ground level, before every person, requiring only the choice to enter.
Les explains that the whole concept of election and God's foreknowledge—knowing who would become believers—is not something the unsaved person has to worry about or fret over. They should not take the attitude, "I don't have a chance unless God elects me." The whosoever will on the bank of that life stream river is always open. Using John 10's analogy of the shepherd and sheepfold, Les points out that the door to the sheepfold is ground level. It is not up on a high sheer cliff, across a raging river, or beyond an impossible mountain range. It is in front of every human being, and all they have to do is choose to go through it. If they do not, that is not God's fault. At the great white throne, no one can claim God was unfair or that they never had a chance, because they had a certain amount of understanding.