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1 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | cwade | 66564 | ||
Cyclist, praise God for your question. As a result of it, my conscience has been seared. After a study of this topic I now believe that the "Age of Accountability" is a theory that is not at all supported by Scripture. I know I will join my brother charis as scum in the pond (as he said) with this viewpoint, but nevertheless here goes: 1. Proverbs 20:11 "Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether right." This verse destroys the "age of accountability". It says very clearly that a child's doings can be impure. Obviously then, all children are not pure in God's eyes. 2. Psalms 51:5 "Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me". We are all born with a sin nature. 3. Psalms 58:3 "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as they be born, speaking lies". 4. 1 Corinthians 7:14 "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean, but now they are Holy". How can kids be unholy unless they are unsaved? If God really saved all children, would God's word say that some are unclean? 5. Genesis 18:32 "And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once" Peradventure ten shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake." If there were 10 righteous children in Sodom, God would not have destroyed it. But he did, right? So... the children there were not innocent! 6. 2 Kings 2:24 "And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD, And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them". Would God tell the man of God to curse these kids "in His name" if they were innocent? 7. 1 Corinthians 15:22 "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive". Again, from the womb we are all sinners. 8. Job 25:4 "How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?" 9. "Behold all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine: the soul that sinneth die!" No exceptions. Sin is sin. There is no unaccountable sin. From these verse and more I now believe that there is an age of accountability; it is when we are born! So "Do all little Ones believe?" No. |
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2 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | Cyclist | 66575 | ||
owade, Blessed be the Lord our God who keeps His children in His protective hands! Blessed be the Lord for deliverance from sin! Blessed be the Lord our God who created each one of us in accordance with His will! Thanks for the input. I've done some forum searching and have heard (read) from both sides of the table. I'm taking time to let it "soak in". As the Searcher wrote once "I wish God would have just said it clearly." (Maybe not exact words. Forgive me Searcher if not.) There are a couple of questions that have come to mind. I have searched for an answer for the first one but saw no postings on it in the forum. It goes like this: If a child is saved because the parents are saved and are raising the child in the word and spirit of God, Is the child saved if the parents are not saved but the grandparent(s) is? For example I read the BIBLE and tell stories of Jesus to my grandchildren, and, have sung hymns and praises to our Father to them. Are they unsaved because the parent is? The other question is; Are we born with knowledge of God our creator? You don't have to answer that one, I will search the forum. I don't like to waste space nor other's time here on the forum. Well, I have just been given another week long project at the office. Man! I was active here for about three whole days! Now it's back to the grind stone. I will check in tomorrow though. God bless you! Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in mouth! |
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3 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | cwade | 66717 | ||
May God Bless You and Keep You my Brother! Please see my post to you and One above. And thank you! | ||||||
4 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | Cyclist | 66724 | ||
cwade, Who is like our God? He is loving and kind and righteous! He is the creator of all things in heaven and earth! There is none like Him for He is perfect! Praise be to the Lord our God! Thank you for your kind post. I respect your descision to withdraw from this thread, however, please do not consider length of salvation as a mark for level of maturity in the loving spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ and the knowledge of the word of God. I lived on "milk" for a number of years and have not yet developed into what I consider to be an "elder" in Christ. I thank you for considering me to be one though. Please feel free to jump in on any question or comment I post to the forum, in fact, I encourage it! Always your brother in Christ, Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |
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5 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | One | 66771 | ||
cwade ditto on what has been said above I have met people who have been Christians for years and not shown this level of meekness and maturity...Peace to you | ||||||