Missionary Work: A Task of Identifying

The current population of the world is in excess of 6 billion people. Of those 6 billion how many, in your opinion, need the gospel of Jesus Christ?

Most people polled on this question answer: 6 billion.

How many want it?

After a moment of contemplation, most people polled answer a lot less than 6 billion.

If the gospel of Jesus Christ were a needs-based religion, then Christianity would be the only religion in the world. Therefore, it appears that exaltation is a wants-based process.

What about the passage that says ‘every knee will bend and every tongue will confess that Jesus is the Christ‘?