One reason why evil angels cannot be saved is because they, like Satan himself, are totally given to evil. They have no good side. They are equivalent to evil itself. God intends to purge all evil from His universe, and so when God recreates His heaven and earth, He will throw all the evil angels into the lake of fire, and let their torment keep their minds busy forever so that they can no longer devise any evil and destructive plots.
Although mankind is depraved and original sin deprives him of the ability to think much about God, man does have a good side as well as an evil side. Man's problem is that his good side cannot save his evil side. Man is destined for hell. But God loves man, and God can see that there is hope for man. God can change man's heart and cause him to desire to be wholly good, to desire even to be like Jesus.
God could also see that man had no hope of saving himself. So, God decided to come to earth as a perfect man and do all that was necessary to get rid of man's evil side, cause him to desire to be good, to be like Jesus. God succeeded in His plan and now any human who hears the gospel and puts his trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus will have all their sins washed away by the blood of Jesus and will be recreated by the presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, and God will guarantee their salvation and sanctification and will cause them to desire to become like Jesus.
Faithful angels are a good example for Christians because they are absolutely obedient and submissive to the will of God.
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