Bible Question: You say all the children are in heaven. What if they are not baptized? Where then? |
Bible Answer: The scripture says Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."[2] 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. 9 Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died Paul said that "once I was alive apart from the law." I have to wonder when sin sprang to life in Paul. It seems to me Paul is referring to an age when he became accountable; when he understood what the law said. Children don't understand the law. You can testify yourself if you have seen a baby or a toddler how innocent they are. I won't say when the age of accountability is, but a guess would be around the preteen years. (my son is a preteen!)They are going through all sorts of physical, psycological, and mental changes. So I would say a child is saved up to their age of accountability. Their ability to choose Jesus or not. And only God knows that time. |