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1 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | sniper | 76274 | ||
Hello, I have been away. Ok, you say children are innocent. Others say that children are "not accountable". Aside from the belief in a genetically transmitted sin nature, is there a practical difference between not accountable and innocent? In other words, you can say a child is not accountable, but doesn't that add up to innocent in God's eyes? I mean could God really overlook a depraved nature and allow it into His holy presence? Doesn't the Bible teach that for anyone to be in heaven they must be righteous before God? Thanks for answering my questions. |
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2 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 76280 | ||
Dear Sniper, Let's explore this a little. If we were talking about an adult, we might say he is innocent because of the cleansing by the blood of Christ, but we would NOT say he was not accountable. 1 Corinthians 5:9ff seems to shows that sanctified Christians will still need to give an account of their lives before God. But they will be found without sin because of the gift. I would say that children are 'innocent', not because they have been forgiven of anything; and not because God is overlooking their sin in the youth. I would say the children are innocent because sin is an act of disobedience and they are not of developed age to be able to sin (Matthew 18,19 heaven belongs to such as these). The so-called sins of little infants and little children are subject to interpretation, unlike the sins of adults. Adults can be drunkards, homosexuals, and adulterers: but children cannot. They CAN do some things like get angry and lie, but I would argue that these are more like precursors to sin. If they are not trained out of the child, they will become part of the nature of the child and will bring forth death. Your thoughts please. Good day. |
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