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NASB | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. [Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2] |
Subject: Do all little ones believe? |
Bible Note: Dear One, Romans 5:12-14 "Wherefore, as one man entered sin into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law". We have all been judged and declared guilty. Death has passed upon all men. From the womb, we are all sinners. And since "the wages of sin is death" (for all) then no one (even babies) are exempt. God said there is none righteous, no not one. He didn't say there is none righteous except babies. There is none righteous, and that includes children. One, I assure you this was difficult for me to accept. I, (just like everyone else) want to believe that children are not held accountable for sin. It is very difficult for me to break from what church leaders have taught me about the "age of accountability". But I can't be selective in what Scriptures say. I can't accept some as the truth and ignore others. If "none doeth good", and none are righteous, no not one, we can't say that some (children) ARE righteous. That makes no sense does it? -- I know greiving parents who have lost children don't want to hear this viewpoint, and I understand that. But I have to go on what the Bible says. However, true Christians shouldn't worry to much about this... we know God is Just and Good and always does what is righteous and true. We know God saves who He wants. And I believe if God was going to save a person as an adult, He would save them as a child. So...dear One, I will close with this question to you: We know we cannot lose our salavation, right? So if all babies are saved, would not all adults be saved? If not, at what point did the babies "lose their salvation"? In all Christ's love, cwade |