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Linda64 said:I can't believe this thread is still open after 2 years! Amazing, simply amazing!
Helen said:Of course we can give a definitive reply. In Romans 7:7-11 Paul states clearly that he did not die until he knew the law and sinned against it deliberately. That means he was alive before that, and unless you are thinking that he was talking about reincarnation (!) then he was talking about spiritual life and death.
And the clear message and meaning is that a person is NOT spiritually dead until they consciously rebel. This does not mean they do not have sin natures. We all have, from birth. But the meaning is that they are covered by Christ's blood until they consciously rebel, and then and only then are they separated from God in spiritual death -- and that is what spiritual death is: separation, not unconsciousness. And that is why a person who had died spiritually MUST be born again to enter heaven. But as for the children and babes -- "Let the little children come to me and to not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matthew 19:14
It could not possibly belong to them if they were dead in sins and separated from God! Nor does Jesus define 'some' of the children. His statement is a blanket statement about children.
They who die young are ALL with Him in heaven. The Bible couldn't really be clearer.
webdog said:Curious how anyone holding to augustinian original sin can vote no? How?
This doens't make sense if we are created sinners. From conception the curse would have to be manifested.jdlongmire said:A person is not culpable if the curse is not manifested.
This too is my view :thumbs:Amy.G said:Reading through this thread, if found this quote by Helen. (We miss you :wavey: )
This is my view exactly.
I can't believe the vote either Bro. Bob :tear: .
Linda64 said:I can't believe this thread is still open after 2 years! Amazing, simply amazing!
"While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."webdog said:This doens't make sense if we are created sinners. From conception the curse would have to be manifested.
I agree with the notion the curse does not fall on fetuses / newborns, btw. They are not sinners until they sin.
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,And in sin my mother conceived me.
Deuteronomy 24:16
"Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings 14:6
But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin."
2 Chronicles 25:4
But he did not put their children to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers shall not die because of their children, nor children die because of their fathers, but each one shall die for his own sin."
Jeremiah 31:30
But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Deuteronomy 1:39
'Moreover, your little ones who you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it.
Matthew 19
13Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
14But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Matthew 21:16
and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, ' OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?"
John 3:8
" The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Karen said:Between The Times » Blog Archive » Why We Believe Children Who Die Go to Heaven
A Biblical analysis by Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Seminary, and Al Mohler, Jr., president of Southern Seminary. (Both Southern Baptist seminaries in the U.S.)
SuperBaptist said:Simply, do dead babies go to hell if they hadn't accepted Christ as their personal savior?
First off, that verse is not saying we are born sinners."While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
We are born sinners, but those that cannot manifest the curse and willfully sin so as to be convicted of their own sin, respond to the outward call and repent, God has mercifully elected and applied the death of Christ to their original sin burden.
webdog said:First off, that verse is not saying we are born sinners.
Second, if we are born sinners, God does NOT mercifully apply the death (and resurrection) of Christ to that sinner apart from faith. Claiming He has done just that is another dispensation of salvation, hence another gospel.
Havensdad said:So you think Jesus lied to the Lawyer?
How do babies keep the commandments? And if they could keep them, they would be saved by works and not grace.Babies are sinful. They are corrupted. Yet because they have kept the commandments, the blood of Christ cleanses their "sin nature" ala the Old covenant.
That is not "free will" beliefs.or accordingly with "free will" beliefs, ALL babies go to Hell, because they cannot have faith in Christ.