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1 | AGE OF ACCOUNTIBILITY | Bible general Archive 1 | wordoer | 28138 | ||
Hello Nolan, Let's look at Romans 3:20 it states,"through the Law comes a knowledge of sin". Therefore knowledge of sin comes from the Law. The law is right, transgressing law is wrong. 1 John 3:4 states that sin is a transgression of law.KJV ,NASB says "sin is lawlessness" basically with no law there can be no sin. Now I can agree that it is absurd to make the statement that you are not capable of sin before you are 20. I am addressing the "age of accountability for sin against God", Not the age that people are capable of commiting sin. You have added that into the equation for some reason? That would be a different part of this discussion and not equal in any way to the question at hand. I will try to convey my understanding about children and sin. God has an order ,a way things are supposed to be. The parent / child relationship is part of that order. God gives man and wife children to raise up. Man (parent) has the responsibility of teaching and correcting the child as he grows. Therefore, to the child, the parent is the Law. When the child does wrong, punishment is given from the parent, this leads to repentance for the child, because the desire to do wrong or displease the parent should outweigh the punishment that will be suffered.There we have a sin -punishment/correction - repentance scenario.Sometimes children do things that they don't know are wrong that is what this stage in life is for, to learn. If the parents do not do their charge in rearing the child , Who suffers? practically everybody! We have all been around unruly children, This follows for all aspects of life. The order for man under Christ is the same type of situation.God gives the Law ,follow the law recieve blessings, when man transgresses the Law, punishment or correction leads to Understanding of the Law, Man desires to please God, Repentance that will bring into right standing with God.I may not have got this in perfect script ,but please acknowledge the idea. If you would read my example, I explained that God did not hold the children (under 20) accountable for sins, theirs or their parents. Again, I did not say the people under twenty did not sin.When the man is 20, he comes out from the covering of his earthly father,at this time the Heavenly Father does the punishing and correcting. I can tell you that a 3 year old would have no idea of Gods law. Some people go their whole lives not understanding. I would like to know why you don't like the "way", I came to my conclusion? wordoer |
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2 | AGE OF ACCOUNTIBILITY | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 28152 | ||
Greetings wordoer, I appreciate your clarification of what you meant by assigning "20" for the Age of Accountability. However, I agree with Reformer Joe here.. I believe that children as well will be held accountable by God for any sins that they have committed, since sin is in itself an 'act of defiance' against God (James 4:17). I believe that when a child willfully disobeys the loving direction of his parents, then that child has sinned and needs to be disciplined to pave the way for repentance and correction. Each and every sin will be called for us to give an account for, since nothing is hidden from the Lord's sight, even when we are children (but still know better). Blessings to you, Nolan |
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