No one said smart/wise but you.
Free will is not a lie, and to call it a heresy makes heretical literally the entire Church except for Calvinists. That means no one had correct theology until him. This is the most arrogant presentation I've seen of Calvinism to date.
Ephesians 2 in no way offers a position against free will. God made us alive while we were yet dead. This has nothing to do with free will.
Romans 5, enemies of God, is not about free will either. Jesus Christ died for us while we were His enemies, yes. This has nothing to do with an individual's free choice to accept the Grace universally offered.
Sons of disobedience is in Colossians 3 and Ephesians 2 and 5, not Romans. But both says because of sin the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. Ephesians 2 talks about the devil being at work (actively) in the sons of disobedience. Your Greek definition for apeitheia is wrong. It means
willful disobedience, not persuaded.
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543 apeitheia(from 1 /A "not" and 3982 /peitho, "persuaded") properly, someone not persuaded, referring to their willful unbelief, i.e. the refusal to be convinced by God's voice. This is the core-meaning of the entire word-family: 543 (apeitheia), 544 (apeitheo), 545 (apeithes). All these cognates focus on man's decision to reject God's offers of faith, i.e. refusal to be persuaded in their heart concerning obeying His will (Word).
Cognate: 545 apeithes (an adjective) literally, unwilling to be persuaded (by God) which shows itself in outward disobedience (outward spiritual rebellion); disobedient because unpersuaded.
545 /apeithes ("unpersuaded") begins with the decision to reject what God prefers, with His offer to persuade about His preferred-will (cf. 2307 /thelema). See 543 (apeitheia).
Your Greek for author is wrong too. "Author" in Hebrews is archegos. It means founder, literally first leader. (cf Acts 3:15 the Prince of Life).
Authority does not come from archegos.
It comes from Latin auctor. So no, Christ Jesus is the founder and first leader of our faith, if we're sticking with what the scriptures say.
The potter and clay analogy, too, is incorrect. This is St Paul drawing from Jeremiah 18. In Jeremiah 18, the outcome is determined by the
clay. Jeremiah 18 says: "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it." The outcome depends on the clay's response.
Phew, man, you're batting 0-fer on this. To stick with your analogy in John 6 requires us to conflate the persons of the Father and Jesus. He says no one can be called except by the Father, and to the Twelve,
I chose you. The Father and Jesus are two different people.
Anyway, the reason they've stayed is witnessed by St Peter: "We have believed and have known that You are the Holy One of God."