If that is true, than the Age of Accountility would make abortionists the greatest evangelists of all times.
I agree, the statement is, indeed, flat out wrong and the ends don't justify the means! Amen! Yet, if the Age of Accountability is a valid one, wouldn't it be logical to then say abortionists send babies to heaven who might not otherwise get there? How do we counter it? Excellent question.That one made me think : ) .......the statement is flat-out wrong but how to counter it?
Imo, the act itself determines whether it is good or evil…. and not the consequences….
That is, similar to disproving “end justifies the means”
What do you think Jesus said in Matthew 19:14? Does it support or refute the age of accountability?
This is something which is has been the subject of controversy for centuries.
I think that's an EXCELLENT question. I don't think that verse supports age of accountability just as 1 Timothy 2:3-4 doesn't support the notion that all people will receive salvation.
Yes I know that, and God wanting something and DOING something are of course NOT the same thing. Peter also wrote in 2 Peter 3:9 pretty much the same thing, but again His willingness does NOT translate into reality. What Jesus said was a statement of fact, "...to such belongs..."
Good eye. This is a subject I haven't even really thought much about. I should do more research on it.
...the scriptures...It is where ALL truth resides.
This is something which is has been the subject of controversy for centuries.
I think that's an EXCELLENT question. I don't think that verse supports age of accountability just as 1 Timothy 2:3-4 doesn't support the notion that all people will receive salvation.
If 1 Timothy 2:3-4 doesn't support that all people will get salvation,what is the meaning of the verse than?
The meaning is that God's WILL is for all to come to Him, but God doesn't enforce His will on others. Because we all have free will, many might not receive salvation if they follow their own will.
Thank you. We sure have all our own will.
You asked a really good question. I think we all from time to time ask why we all even need our free will when His graceis the biggest gift, even if it's not from our own will.
I suppose we disagree there, but indeed, we should continue to search for the truth.
Sorry I should have said where all SPIRITUAL Truth resides, although knowing God and Jesus is to KNOW TRUTH.
Are Children Who Die Before The Age Of Accountability Saved?
Your OP verses are good, thanks. But they only prove that babies, kids and mentally handicapped go to heaven not that they are saved. To be saved you need to accept Jesus from free will. They have not done that. So the issue is their free will. Do they have it? If we believe God is 100% impartial on all mankind, then there must be a time / space that God gives them to exercise it.
Consider those living in the millennium under the reign of Jesus and the saints. They are in a type of heaven / paradise but yet towards the end, the devil is released to tempt mankind for the last time Rev 20:7. Why would God do this to them and not to all beneath the age of understanding?
Hence I believe / assume that God will likely cause them to return to the earth during the millennium. Unless they remain as children in heaven ...