I find it difficult to imagine a scoring system where one can barely make it, but not just miss.
What else do you call the guy who comes in just under barely making it?
Unsaved. NO faith in jesus.
Which is what all who “don’t make it” are.
No faith = zero faith.
zero is a special number,It is not a multiplier and you cannot divide by it. Anyone saved, no matter by how little, has more than “zero” faith. Anyone who is not saved, no matter how repribate, has exactly “zero” faith. There is no “barely” here.