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1 | Numbers 14:29 is this the age of acc...? | Acts 16:31 | mark d seyler | 179206 | ||
Hi Russ, I don't think that there is the Scriptural foundation to apply this generally, beyond the specific event at the time. I know many people have pointed to this passage as an indicator of an "age of accountability", but we can only arrive at that if we presuppose God's reason for choosing age 20 and above for the census. It would be an age of accountability IF God had them number only those who were accountable. But what if God had them number those who were of fighting age? Those who were of "voting age"? We have an "age of majority", where we hold people legally accountable for their actions, and we only allow those people to vote. Maybe this was something like that, and God only held responsible the "voting population", but this was unrelated to whether or not someone was able to distinguish right from wrong, and God's requirement that they do what is right. I'm just saying we don't know, because the information isn't given in the text. What do you think? Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | May we take another short look at this? | Acts 16:31 | kw5kw | 179337 | ||
Mark, In looking at how frivolous the young people of this, and any generation for that matter, are, how rebellious and how seemingly that many, many of them are remarkably turned around at approximately the ages between nineteen and twenty-one. We have this verse in Psalms: Psalms xxv:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Put together with: Ecclesiastes xii:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; And all of this is reinforced by: Isaiah liv:4 Fear not; [saith the Lord (from verse 1 of this chapter)] for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. May we really wonder why we should not consider the responsible adult age to begin at nineteen? It's because by that age they have somehow grown out of their childish ways—ways where they test everything, push their limits just to see how far they can go; ways when we teach the right ways and punish wrong behavior before it become something out of control but before it can be held against them because they didn’t know all of the right ways— and become real reasonable, responsible adults. And, if they haven’t learned by then, then they still have the chance of reconciliation by accepting Jesus as their personal Saviour. Does this make sense to you? |
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3 | May we take another short look at this? | Acts 16:31 | anto | 179358 | ||
That make a lot of sense to me.Its like when a mother rase a child she teaches them wrong from right. but if we know no wrong how can we get blame. | ||||||