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NASB | Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 5:24 And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him]. [Heb 11:5] |
Subject: Do babies go to heaven or hell? |
Bible Note: Hello Kalos, You, Angel, and Searcher have made some excellent points. Adults who never heard the Gospel--why aren't they saved? ____________________ "...the real issue is not the opportunity to hear the gospel, but the ability to choose to sin." ____________________ I wanted to point out first of all that God's mercy and grace is mentioned countless times throughout scripture. One scripture that helps me in this area is from Revelation 19: 2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her." I wanted to emphasize "...true and righteous are His judgments..." is the conclusion made by the "...great multitude in heaven..." (verse 1) Also, Revelation 21: 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Notice here "...the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars ..." Would God place babies into this category? John 3 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." Notice here: "men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. " Would God place babies into this category? I don’t worry about babies going to heaven now that I know God’s ways. Now, as for adults that have never heard, remember that Abram had not heard the Gospel directly. So we can learn a lot by studying how Abram was saved: Heb 11 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Romans 4 Abraham Justified by Faith Abraham Was Justified by Faith (1) 1 What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?[1] 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."[2] 4Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. David Celebrates the Same Truth 5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin." |