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Subject: Can a toddler go to heaven? |
Bible Note: Dear John, The spiritually dead state is the result of choices one has made. The individual chooses where to set his mind (Romans 8), and he may do so at his discretion. Without knowledge, he may go the easy and carnal route. With increased knowledge, he may reassess his position, and decide it makes more sense to bow to the Creator. It is a choice. The one who is dead in sin, is not incapable of choosing to do the right thing. So many passages of the Bible support my position. Matthew 11, Jesus says, 'come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." If you were right, the passage would not be set as an appeal followed by a promise; instead, it would state the promise as received, and it would then suggest you come to Him. Jesus appeals to the sinful, to the poor, to the sinner. Such appeals would be a waste of time if it isn't expected that men may choose to respond. Conversely, the Corinthians, born again, indwelled by the Holy Spirit, were quenching the Spirit and grieving the Spirit (1 The 5:19; Eph 4:30) by drawing up along party lines and by condoning sin in the church. Christians may indeed choose to do the unspiritual things. With that choice, they are not using spiritual discernment. |