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Subject: Can a toddler go to heaven? |
Bible Note: Yes, you did say elder in Christ. So, are you suggesting that there is a seniority rank structure within the body of Christ? Whereby, the eldest in Christ can never receive correction because there is no one senior to him? By that logic a young preacher's exhortations from the pulpit to elders would be unscriptural and not worthy of receiving. It is the responsibility of all Christians to search out what is right, and point out what is wrong. (Acts 17:11, I Jn 4:1, II Tim 4:2, Matt 18:15, II Pet 1:20) Moreover, the elder of I Peter 5 does not necessarily refer to those who are in elder in Christ. It refers to the men of age who hold the office of elder and who have met the qualifications as laid out in Titus 1:5-9 and I Tim 3:1-7. Granted, he must not be a new convert, but in no way is there seniority rank structure which precludes an older man in Christ from receiving correction when it is necessary. |