Why wont Satan and fallen angeles get saved
Q:I have a question about Lucifer and the fallen angels, salvation and humans.
Someone said having faith and being saved "cant" just be about >Belief [though Scripture says it is]. We are told, "even demons believe" so they assumed it must take more than belief.
But thinking this out, Humans and Angels arent the same kind of creation.
Adam and Eve knew God and seems they were fellowshipping and constantly in His presence, before the fall. Man is fallen. Demons are fallen.
Fallen angels were living in the presence of God and serving him prior to their rebellion and fall. Humans werent in that kind of situation, and so God decided to offer salvation to us.
We know that Satan & demons plunged all Humanity into billions of billions of sins and God will judge that.
🤔 so is the reason God chose the plan of redemption of mankind because "we were made for eternal fellowship with God?" and that we are special because He created us in His Image?
And that angels are just servants? But we are servants too, but much more than this.
Is it because we dont have "all knowledge" about God, as....🤔 Heb 10 warns believers that those with full knowledge and walk away are apostate and nothing else can save them, [because Jesus was provided to humans as... The Way].
??
I understand Satan has no desire for divine mercy. His singular goal is conquest; his chief ambition is to rule the whole of creation, and drag as many to Hell as possible because he knows thats where he is going, and hates God and the humans God made.
It feels more like it is because Humans 1. Are made in the Image of God, 2. were created for eternal fellowship with God, a personal relationship.
A:
Demons believe what is true (James 2:19), but they do not have true faith in any sense. There is no element of trust in their belief. Being in God's presence is not a determining factor.
Who is saved is a matter of God's good pleasure and decree. Redemption is based solely upon God's good pleasure and choice (Deut. 7:7ff; Rom. 9).
Regarding "faith":
This should clarify for you. There are primarily three elements to true faith: notitia, which is a mental understanding of the information; assensus, which means intellectual assent to the information as true; and fiducia, which is personal trust "in" that truth. Here is a helpful resource on this.
Reader: Questions are good, but
... you having responsibility for your own sins against God, shouldnt worry about others. You get right with God right now, then you can go help others.
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