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1 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | jshort | 108076 | ||
Please help me find scripture that suggests that all babies and children go to heaven. I have been taught that all go to heaven until they are old enough to know right from wrong but have been asked to quote verse, thank you for the help | ||||||
2 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Makarios | 108077 | ||
Greetings Jshort, Jesus Christ welcomed and blessed children during His incarnate ministry. Mark 10:13-16 reveals an interesting incident involving children. The Greek word used there for "children" specifies that these were very young children, so was Christ's effort in vain? No, for that very same Greek word is used in 2 Timothy 3:15 to state that from earliest childhood Timothy had been "acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus." [ESV] However, some believe that a child has to reach a certain age (often called the "age of accountability") before he can make any spiritual decisions. Often the age of twelve years is advanced because of Jewish ceremony which marked the twelfth or thirteenth year. Rather than assigning an arbitrary age, one would be more consistent with Scripture to realize that at whatever age a child is capable of learning simple Biblical truths, at that age he becomes accountable to God for acting on those truths (Is. 7:15-16). Once a child realizes his sinfulness and responds to that sinfulness in repentance and faith in Christ, he or she can and will be saved, regardless of their age. The promise that Peter spoke of in Acts 2:39 included "you and your children." And what was the promise? The promise of salvation to all who recognized Christ as the Son of God and accepted Him with repentance and faith (Acts 2:22-42). Even adults are told to emulate the implicit, uncritical trust which children exemplify (Matthew 18:3-4). God called Samuel at an early age that even the venerable and godly Eli did not think possible at first (1 Sam. 3). It would be presumptuous indeed to set age limits for the work of the Holy Spirit. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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3 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Searcher56 | 108118 | ||
Scripture ... Gen 18:16-19:25, Mat 25:31-46 ..... Makarios, greetings my brother. I just finished studying this matterand I believe that all babies and children DO NOT all go to heaven. The foundation is when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah there were less than ten righteous (Gen 18:16-19:25) and only the righteous have eternal life, the unrighteous, eternal punishement (Mat 25:31-46). In Matthew 19:13-15 Jesus did not teach that little children are going to heaven (Mar 10:13-16, Luk 18:15-17). They are an example - Matthew 18:3-6 is another time Jesus mentioned children and kingdom of heaven -- He taught that we need to change and humble ourselves like little children [paidion ... which means "an infant, or (by extension) a half grown boy or girl; figuratively an immature Christian," according to Strong's Greek Dictionary] (vs 3) -- He taught that we cause little ones [mikros ... which means "least, less, little, small," according to Strong's Greek Dictionary] who believe in me to sin (vs 6) ... we are in trouble - Note that the "kingdom of heaven" is seen in two of the Beatitudes (Mat 5:3, 10). In Matthew 5:20 the qualification appears to be having righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees. But, that falls short of what being saved - we need to believe and call on Him (Rom 10:13-15). Isaiah 7:15-16 talks about knowing enough to reject the wrong and chose the right. ... Why does it not say reject the right and chose the wrong? Plus, doing what is right and rejecting wrong will not save us - being a good person does not save. Searcher |
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4 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Makarios | 108155 | ||
Greetings Searcher! I did see the other thread (Did the babies from Sodom and Gomorrah go to heaven?), and I know that you have posted on this subject before, my friend.. :-) But I completely avoided it for good reason. Scripture simply does not tell us about the babies in Sodom and Gomorrah. I do see your logic in deducing that: A. There must have been babies in Sodom and Gomorrah B. Since there were less than ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18:32) and the only people in the entire city that were found righteous was Lot's family, then God exerted punishment on the city. A plus B equals: Therefore, the babies outside of Lot's family must have been evil as well, since judgment came on them. However, I do not agree with this logic. I believe that the presence of babies in Sodom and Gomorrah has to do more with the question of "why do bad things happen to good people?", or "why do tragedies happen to those who are innocent?" Therefore, if we are truly being responsible with Scripture, we cannot truly uphold that the babies in Sodom 'must have been wicked' because they were destroyed along with the city. I believe that this is like saying, "I was in an auto accident because I drive a Ford." No, I do not believe that such an interpretation regarding babies and infants and little children can hold any substance whatsoever when compared against the wisdom of Scripture, my friend. And Isaiah 7:15-16 does not say "reject the right and choose the wrong" simply because it does not! Perhaps you should now argue with God about why He chose to write His Holy Word in that way. But I cannot and will not join in such an absurdity of an argument (no disrepect to you intended). Blessings to you, Makarios |
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5 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Chochma | 108157 | ||
I must interject here. This is a perfect example of literalism gone mad. The first question is: Was Soddom and Gommorah real? Answer: Maybe Question Two: What happened to Sodom and Gommorah? Answer: Based upon recent Archeologicak evidence. The area which might be the place of these cities show large amounts of sulfor in the sediments. What has been found is small rocks/stom\nes/spheres of rock or stone with sulfur contained under several lasyers. The consideration of a major quake occurring and the high content of sulfurin this region lends us to a reasonable explaination of the Biblical account. The theory states that a quake brought Soddom and Gommorah to crumbles. The intense activity of falling rocks, splitting earth and gasses escaping from the ground would easily ignite these balls of sulfur causing them to soar in the air. From a disteance this phenomena would appear as if fire was raining down onto the cities. An obvious conclusion would bring us to believe that The cities of Sodom and Gommorah were victoms of natural disasters and that, as man has always done, the author of the biblical story blamed it on the gods and in this case the blame was on Jehovah. This brings me to the question at hand regarding babies. Those innocent children were victoms as were their parents of an awful catastrophe of nature. The belief that these babies were wicked and therefore deserved such an awful death is asa insane as declaring 9/11 an act of God. I think God gave us a brain not just a scripture to use in questions such as these. |
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6 | do all babies and children go to heaven | Mark 10:14 | Makarios | 108159 | ||
Greetings Chochma, If you believe that the Bible is the infallible and Holy Word of God, and if you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who was sent to forgive us of our sins, then you will also believe that there was an 'actual' Sodom and Gomorrah, because the Bible tells us so. I think that you are extremely off base with your presuppositions and with your interjection into this topic. Makarios |
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