Amen.
This is where your theology gets very confusing. Paul,is eternally saved(vessel of honor) yet Paul also has satan( vessel of dishonor) indwelling him. And that vessel of dishonor(satan) gets destroyed in the LoF.
Since all sin and unbelief is tied to satan and it is his fault and he is the vessel that goes to the lake of fire. What happens to the " not at fault" unbeliever? It is just the Demon that indwells them that goes to the lake of fire?
There is no question to me that the messenger of Satan in Paul's own flesh was/is bound to both resist everything of God, His Word and His Ways. And as such in Paul's flesh he bore an entity that was at odds with God in Christ regardless of what Paul did or didn't do. That entity was/is unquestionably bound for the LoF. That is why the standard OSAS refrain is inapplicable to our present state in the flesh. It's just not possible to get the WHOLE of us through the door of Heaven.
I think you might see this. And it does settle a LOT of scriptural territory in other arenas such as how we might view O.T. laws compared to Grace. Grace applied to Paul. Grace did not apply to the messenger of Satan in his flesh. The law of the O.T. would not condemn Paul. The law of the O.T. DOES condemn the lawless entity in the flesh of Paul. Not much different than Ishmael NEVER being able to inherit, and Isaac GUARANTEED inheritance by virtue of birthright no matter what. That IS a picture of each of our individual spiritual conditions in our battle with flesh, lust and the temptation of Satan therein.
That is the trial of our faith that ALL of us come into, realized or not.
So that settles the equations as it pertains to the believer or even the fallen believer. The adversary is undoubtely potent,
but WILL BE SHOWN to be entirely unsuccessful.
As to judgment of people outside the church it is not much different. We are to seek and to save those who are lost as Jesus did, and to decry their internal captor in the Divine Cadence of the Gospel. Upholding the one and damning the other. I think it important to know the distinction between the unsaved and the captor. One is easily reached. The other automatically resists. There we wrestle with them, to bring them into Christ.
We can say somewhat differently to the Jew, as their roots are in the same God and Word, but not to the extents that it is revealed to us. Will they accept that God has bound them to the spirit of slumber? A wicked blinding spirit that causes them not to hear or see? In most cases, no. Not our call. It was God who bound them. I respect what He's done in our behalf. We are OBLIGATED to distribute MERCY to them regardless, as we have been given by God.
To many unsaved carnal people, they have been given no capacity to understand the things of God as it pertains to Jesus Christ, but that does NOT assure their damnation as many suppose.
Those who do right and those who love WILL have an eternal reward as well, imho. The sheep and goat judgment show us that as well as many other scriptures.
So I depart from hardline "typical' determinism in this area, and do so by right of scripture.
I believe the best for every person and the worst for our wicked adversaries and clearly see them overlapped, just as I would a believer who lies, is in hypocrisy or is recaptured by sin.
The understanding allows me to actually love my neighbors as myself and fulfill the Divine Dictate of His children without falling into hypocrisy and false judgments. And the standard of eternal damnation remains where we all know for a fact it belongs.
It's a sound package.
