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1 | Does child die for fathers sin? | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 174436 | ||
Dear Truthfisher, Thank you for the Jeremiah 19:4-5 reference in this context. Historic Baptists -- of which I am one -- have held this position consistently over the centuries. "Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who worketh when, and where, and how He pleases..." (1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 10, Paragraph 3). However, I had never considered the word "innocent" in this passage of Jeremiah with this topic in mind. I appreciate your bringing it to light in your post. By the way, curiously enough, in traditional Jewish thinking, children are not responsible for their individual sin until they come of age (13). According to Talmudic teaching if the child sins God holds the parents responsible. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Does child die for fathers sin? | Bible general Archive 3 | Truthfisher | 174439 | ||
Thanks Doc, We never stop learning from God's Word do we. Truthfisher |
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