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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 | One | 66569 | ||
When you say David was born in sin you might want to consider the following verse: Ps 22:10 Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb. David like any good writer uses literary devices. When he say "Behold I was shapen in iniquity” he was using a exaggeration for effect. How can I say this so confidently? Consider another verse Ps 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. Therefore to me I look at what David says very differently. Also if children are not innocent of sin why does Jesus say Matt 18:3 and said, Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. As to some of your passages you quote about children being punished for what tier parents did yes this does happen. However look at it from a practical stand point could you see Lot trying to lead every ones children out of the city of Sodom with out there parents? I look at it like this if I go out and become a drunk lose my job, house, wife, life ect. Does my children suffer for my malfeasants? Yes! Are they guilty for my sins? I will let the prophet answer this. Ezek 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die. Ezek 18:20 The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. |
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3 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | cwade | 66573 | ||
Dear One, In Mathew 18:3 I believe Jesus is using children as an illustration of a Christian as a "child of God". He's teaching that we are to walk meekly, receiving the Word of God as children accept the word of their earthly fathers. This has nothing to do with children being righteous or without sin. (Please see the exchange between me and charis above). Look at the corresponding verse to Psalms 139:13 that you quoted. Psalms 51:5-7 5"Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow". One... if we are honest, when we look at children, we do see sin in them, don't we? My six year old sins and knows when he does it. We might like to say it's just mischief, or it's "cute". But sin is sin. I find no biblical exception. I find no evidence of unaccountable sin regardless of age. |
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4 | Do all little ones believe? | Matt 18:6 | Cyclist | 66622 | ||
cwade, My heart is filled with praise to the Lord when I rise in the morning! I sing songs of praise to Him early in the morning! Blessed be the name of the Lord! Please accept my apology. In my previous response to your post I typed "owade" instead of "cwade". Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |
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