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“Dead in trespasses and sin” is the Scripture terms. Physical death is predetermined upon all.

This flesh lives only at the pleasure of the Creator/Sustainer.

One by will cannot add physical stature or length to their life, but are bound to death at conception.

Spiritually all have eternity. There is no spiritual annihilation.

Believers are given new creative form, others are left for the lake of fire called “the second death.”

Therefore, as Ephesians 2 states:

1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it isthe gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.​

 

I contend your facts are not facts, but are, instead, assumptions.
The source of human sinful nature is breaking the covenant with God, which God established. The effect is that humans were made aware of evil and that their breaking of covenant was indeed evil.

The second Adam, being God, never broke the covenant and thus restores the new covenant with his chosen people.

I will not argue with you on this, I am simply pointing out our difference and thus our disagreement.

Peace

 

Not innocent, but kept.

The Creator will not hold responsible that which is not responsible.

As that principle is applied to humankind, the Scriptures teach that there was a time God "winked" at sin. This was prior to the Law. Sin was certainly punished, but God stated that Christ preached (at the crucifixion) to those prior to the law in that place of keeping. The Scriptures are rather silent about all that, but to know that all at that time came under the Law, for all have the Law written upon their hearts (as Romans states).

Therefore, as this thread has strayed into infants, I hold that such are "kept" until they do by awareness and by self determination rebel against the very God and become knowledgeable of good and evil.

On a personal note, my wife and I can tell to the day that took place in our daughter. There was an actual shift in the countenance and the innocence was lost.

As far as being "away from God," I am not certain that any are ever away from God. That isn't about salvation, that is concerning His authority. "All power in heaven and earth are given to me," said the Lord Jesus.

The question of salvation involves knowing the need of salvation.

An infant or those born of physical damage may never have that "knowing" and therefore are safe in Him. If one does not have the "Knowledge of good and evil" then they are not accountable for such knowledge.

This does not apply to those who have gained such knowledge of good an evil. Those who have a conscience and awareness of right and wrong are in no manner able to escape other than by belief in the Savior.

 

Certainly, which is why the Scriptures state “all have sinned...”.

The question resolves (imo) not to sin but to accountability.

This is my opinion.
The rebellion of Adam is not found in the infant. Rather, the infant is as Eve, tricked unknowingly into the scheme. That is Scripture teaching concerning Eve and accountability. So, too, the infant may certainly find themselves doing evil, not knowing as Adam in rebellion knew.

However, there comes that instance when, as Adam, the child has “knowledge of good and evil.”

In Baptist circles that is the “age of accountability” and ne reason why infant baptism is not done.

 

You have switched this away from scripture and into philosophy when you propose an "age of accountability."

 

I do not think that is so. After God made Adam and Eve, ". . . it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day." -- Genesis 1;31.

 

It would the age where one needs to be born again. Mark 10:14-15.

 

Not true.

I gave Scripture illustration pertaining to the principle taught.

If you are looking for a verse stating “all children go to heaven” then it isn’t there, any more than Scriptures state, “all believers go to heaven.”

The principle is that which I gave.

You may certainly opinion in a different manner.

I may opinion some believers only are apportioned to the new earth and others to the new heaven. Would you have Scriptures to refute that opinion? Doubtful.

So do you have Scriptures to refute that children prior to accountability are as Eve?

Did David go to the place of torment to join the child that died?

 

Are you denying what God had forbid? Genesis 2:17.

 

Sometimes folks only see “Spirit” aligned with death.

Death in the Scriptures nearly always pertains to physical cessation of viability. For the spirit breathed into mankind by God can never cease viability.

It can be encased in a new creation, or left unclothed in the “second death.”

 

Adam was granted the capacity to disobey and thus break the covenant God made with him and Eve. Once Adam broke that covenant, he had no capacity to remake that broken covenant. Therefore, he lost free will to choose God. His offspring also are under this curse so that no human has the capacity to restore that covenant. Only God, by His Sovereign and gracious choice can bring that restoration.