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1 | infant death | Is 7:16 | srbaegon | 127710 | ||
Hello DBR, 1. You cannot just put any two verses together. That's bad hermeneutics. 2. The Jews understood about the final resurrection--some to blessing and others to judgment. I have no argument with that. 3. I also agree that God promised that the righteous would inherit the land and live in it forever. But the original disagreement was you stating that an infant that died would be resurrected in order to have a choice in following God. I have asked for Scripture. You have not given it. You have only made assumptions. Please share the Scriptures that state what you have purported or drop the subject. Steve |
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2 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127720 | ||
Your point No. 2 covers my point. Thank You for your reply DBR |
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3 | infant death | Is 7:16 | srbaegon | 127737 | ||
Hello DBR, You're not getting off that easily. All you have done is shown where there will be a resurrection. I have always believed that. Please provide Scripture that states infants who have died will be resurrected in order that they may be allowed the choice of following God or not. Steve |
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4 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127752 | ||
Lets have a look how a loving and merciful God views young or little Children:- KJV Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. It would seem there is a time during a young ones life when God views them as not having knowledge (understanding) of “good and evil” so then we must ask the question if that is how almighty God thinks how can he justly condemn an innocent whom he view as not knowing the difference between the two that is “good and evil?” So if we follow what the Paul said at Rom 12:1 I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent – Here the Greek word is logiken (Logic)) service and spiritual worship. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Reasonable logikos pertaining to "the reasoning faculty, reasonable, rational," is used in Rom_12:1, of the service (latreia) to be rendered by believers in presenting their bodies "a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God." The sacrifice is to be intelligent, in contrast to those offered by ritual and compulsion; the presentation is to be in accordance with the spiritual intelligence of those who are new creatures in Christ and are mindful of "the mercies of God." So if I follow Paul’s example and apply reason/logic it tells me that as God is Just he would not condemn those he would consider that do not know good from bad, so the only just thing he could do is to give them another chance? This is what I feel the scriptures say to me and that it is a logical conclusion to draw, you don’t not have to follow it if that is what you feel. That’s ok by me. Thank you for your thoughts I do think about them, I fact most of today. Christian Love DBR |
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5 | infant death | Is 7:16 | BradK | 127756 | ||
DBR, If I may interject here:-) You still have not addressed the question! What SCRIPTURE tells us that children will be given a second chance? Please provide the EXACT passage and verse. You are continually side-stepping the issue, my friend and wrenching verses out of context to try and make your point:-( Romans 12:1 has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the question at hand. Read the CONTEXT! Note: a text without a context is merely a pretext! You state "This is what I feel the scriptures say to me and that it is a logical conclusion to draw, you don’t not have to follow it if that is what you feel." While I can't argue with your "feelings", that is not at all a sound or rational basis for determining Biblical Truth! Opinion or feelings have no place on this Forum and won't gain you any serious audience. May I suggest you respond as requested or drop it. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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6 | infant death | Is 7:16 | DBR | 127765 | ||
I think Hank (12-5-01) has made a very sound comment on this point:- I can't agree that a child under the age of three knows that he has done wrong. He may know that a certain action of his brings a frown or a no-no from his mother without really understanding why. But I doubt he has any real sense of wrongdoing, much less any conviction of sin. I further withhold judgment that any child of "3 or so" could be held strictly accountable for his deeds. My wife and I had 3 children and they were, by any measure, the very brightest on our block, of course! But I could not see in any of them at the tender age of 3 or 4 any sign that they had reached the level of cognizance at which they had any genuine concept or conviction of sin or of their need for a Savior. --Hank Hope ypu do not mind me cutting and pasteing you comment Hank as I think it has much to say of Import here? Thank You both Love DBR |
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7 | infant death | Is 7:16 | Hank | 127782 | ||
DBR, clearly I've no objection to being quoted, but my post of December 2001 didn't teach that children will be given "a second chance"; the Bible doesn't teach that and I have never taught it. Infants and tiny children are not accountable for sin; this view has been generally held by orthodoxy for centuries. There is a significant difference between unaccountability and being given a second chance. No where in Scripture is there the slightest indication of anyone of any age having been given a second chance at eternal life beyond the grave. Thus, my quotation that you have offered in answer to BradK's questions to you does not and was not intended to answer them; Brad wants biblical proof that babies are given a second chance, and my post of 2001 simply does not address that matter at all. My signature closing to you, as always, are the questions that now I ask for the fifth time: Are you JW? Do you affirm or deny the full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ? --Hank | ||||||