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which eventually all do (1 Cor 12:3, Phil 2:11, Rev 20:14-15). To be left in Hell
until Judgement is the same fate as ‘the lowest hell’ (Acts 2:31).

No non-Christian man can know whether he will go to Hell, either the unaware
part or the aware ‘Prison’, or to Heaven at death (Eccl 3:19-21, 12:7). The ‘Grave’
is the all-inclusive destination of the dead (Psalm 88:3, Mat 27:52).

A complacent dismissal of the average exposure to the Gospel in this world as not
meeting God’s criteria of sufficiency for personal evangelism would be a great
mistake (Luke 16:31, Heb 4:12). This process is, by God's grace, additional to
the sufficient exposure to God, for salvation, that all parts of Creation have
always had which is the background generic preaching that leaves no excuse (Rom
1:20, Col 1:23). The default assumption must be that a simple preaching of God’s
Word by any Christian is a sufficient exposure (Mark 16:15-16, Luke 16:31, 1 Cor
1:20-25). Whether someone has received a sufficient exposure, for him or her, is
to be spiritually discerned (Rom 10:16-18, 1 Cor 2:14). Certainly not all have
received such an exposure (Rom 10:16-17) but all those never exposed to the
gospel will be so exposed (Rom 15:21, Rev 14:6).

Spiritual belief or faith is not invalidated by knowledge neither does it necessarily
require the lack of it (John 20:27-29, Jam 2:19). Thomas belatedly 'knew' that
Jesus was resurrected but that did not invalidate his faith (John 20:27-29). Contrast

that to the devils, they know that God is Who He is but reject Him (Jam 2:19).
Notice it says that they 'believe', but this belief is in the reality and power of God
(Jam 2:19), it is not a saving belief in Jesus as their saviour (Acts 2:21, 2 Pet 2:4).

The devils believe in God and yet are not saved by this faith in God (Jam 2:19). It
is faith in Christ as personal saviour that matters (John 14:1, 6). The devils believe
in the reality of God and his power (Jam 2:19) and understand who and what Christ
is as Saviour (Mat 8:29, Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, Acts 16:16-17, Jam 2:19, 2 Pet 2:4).
They know who Jesus is (Mark 1:24, Luke 4:34) as do all men in their basic spirits
(Rom 1:19-21). They do not, however, want to accept Christ as their saviour and
their faith is therefore deficient (Mat 8:29, Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, Acts 16:16-17,
Jam 2:19, 2 Pet 2:4). The devil spirits have the generic belief and the knowledge
that Christ is the way of salvation but refuse to allow the generic belief to apply to
themselves - in short they refuse be saved even though they know and believe that
they can be (Mat 8:29, Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, Acts 16:16-17, Jam 2:19, 2 Pet 2:4).
They have faith in, and knowledge of, God but are not saved ((Mat 8:29, Mark 5:7,
Luke 8:28, Acts 16:16-17, Jam 2:19, 2 Pet 2:4). In this we see that salvation is not
only a matter of existential belief in, or knowledge of, the truth but requires a