in the spiritual world. God gets the glory, Because God died for them to.. No one can blame God that they went to hell.. They reject God God did not reject them.
There is no glory for God in failure and you have described here a God who failed to acquire what he died for. To make matters worse, he failed because man (the creature God made) "outwitted" him.
But all that aside the pure ludicrousness of the statement, "God died for people who reject him" should be examined. We can do that by asking and answering some questions.
Q What did Jesus die in order to accomplish?
A. It took the just penalty for the sins of people, providing forgiveness of their sin and his righteousness imputed to them.
Q. If it took the penalty for their sins would not all sins be forgiven on the cross, even the sins of those who reject him since the debt was fully paid by his death?
A. Yes, of course. Paid is paid. It cannot be both paid and not paid at the same time.
Q. Then why do those who reject Christ pay the penalty for sin themselves?
A. Astute question. That would indeed be unjust to Christ, the very one who gave his life for the forgiveness of sin. And it would be unjust to the one who rejected Christ, because he was required to pay a debt that Christ already paid for.
Q. Then why do so many say he died to pay for the sins of all?
A. Many reasons I suppose. That is simply what they have been taught and are afraid to get out of the box. Maybe they have been trusting in their own decision for so long that to turn from that is scary. Maybe they can't get past a definition of love as all being given equal opportunity. Maybe it is just the need of our fallen nature to operate independent of God. Self governance.
Q. What do you mean by "their own choosing"?
A. In order to get around the illogic of Christ paying the debt of sin for all and not paying for the sins of all at the same time, a caveat is added. Grace unto salvation is not given, but offered, and that for the sake of God, in love, not "forcing" anyone to be saved, but instead honoring and respecting their free will to do as they please, he lets them choose whether or not to accept the gift.
Q.That doesn't sound like God. But then, wouldn't that mean he did not really die for everyone, paying the sin debt for everyone?
A. Indeed it would.
Q. Does the Bible tell us that God only offers grace for salvation, and that he does this to honor and respect or free will to do as we please?
A. No. At least I have never found it and no one who believes that has been able to show that to be so.
Q. So who did he die for then if not everyone?
A. Those God chose to be in Christ before the foundation of the world, predestined them to come to Christ, and called them to Christ.
Q. Does the Bible say that?
A. Over and over again. The apostles refer to believers as the "called," the "elect", those "chosen by God", the "foreknown". Paul says in Romans 8:29-30
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified. and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Q. Wow! Does that mean we don't have anything to do with our coming to salvation or our being conformed to the image of Christ after?
A. You hit the nail on the head.
Q. How does this happen?
A. Jesus tells us. We must be born again of God by the Holy Spirit. That brings us to spiritual life so that we hear and believe the gospel.
Q. Can I do anything that will cause God to give me this new birth?
A. No one can do anything to cause God to do anything. Until he gives us this life, we are dead in sin.
Q. What about faith?
A. What about it? Faith in the person and work of Jesus is necessary for salvation. We are saved through it, but by grace, therefore when God gives us a new birth, we hear and believe (have faith in the person and work of Jesus). Salvation is by grace, faith is by grace.
