Agree, I view it as inevitable stumbling stones, and that while the deceptions will not succeed in the end, they will prove necessary for our salvation (removing every trace of pride)

Even the Elect are meant to wrestle with their own sinful nature, still fallen in the flesh, still waking with a renewed need and dependence for God, every single day until the end of time. If we are saved, as @R.S. Christopher , it will be despite ourselves, and *only* because God will not fail to finish a work that He has begun in His (predestined) people. It is important to internalize that even the Saints remain weak and frail, only being washed of their sinful nature gradually in order for God to prepare them for Himself, by Himself, in order to spare them from Himself.