Where does this come from?

[Old Union Brother]

I have heard of children as young as 4 supposedly being saved. However, how can a child who is too young to understand the concept of death understand what hell is or the reason he/she must be saved? That's difficult for many adults to understand.

I totally agree. At the age of 4 who is the child afraid of punishment from, God or parents?

James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

My question is when did you really know to do good?

 

[Aaron]

I've heard the expression... "The plan of salvation is so simple that even a child can understand it."

While I believe that to be true, where does it come from... I was shocked when I heard a preacher say the other day, "THE BIBLE SAYS that the plan of salvation is so simple that even a child can understand it."

The plan is simple, but spiritual. The natural man, wise or fool, young our old, will not receive it.

 

[kyredneck]

Why hasn't the originator of the thread responded? Please forgive my suspicious nature here (I can't help it, I was born this way), but I suspect plagiarism from a troll here also.

 

[ituttut]

Hi ituttut

You said.....

Your right, because it isn’t a set age.
It has to do with the conscience of each individual young person.

But we have a clue in Genesis, about how we can see this awareness in children......
Genesis 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

I agree seeing Awareness, and accountability shown at the same time.[quote]

When a child gains the knowledge of good and evil, something happens in them, that effects their modesty.

We are all(most of us), familiar with the practice of children running through a sprinkler in the summer time, when it’s hot.

Sometimes younger children(in the back yard), will do this with no cloths on, because they don’t realize they are naked.
But a few months or years later, they don’t want to do that anymore.

They have reached the age of accountability.

There is awarness here, but no accountibility noticed by the child.

 

[John of Japan]

The understanding that a child must have, to get saved, has less to do with an understanding of death and more to do with an understanding of sin.

A child can’t be saved, until they know that they are a sinner, that needs salvation.

This knowledge of sin, is what the age of accountability is all about........
Genesis 3:11a
“And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked?.........”

But salvation is to be saved from both sin and Hell. If a child can't understand death and the Hell that follows, he can't be saved. But frankly, I don't think Hell is that hard to understand. Children learn about the pain of fire from a very early age.

 

[lindell dunning1]

Is it possible that folks are reading Acts 16:31 as "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be regenerated"?

 

[Old Union Brother]

Why hasn't the originator of the thread responded? Please forgive my suspicious nature here (I can't help it, I was born this way), but I suspect plagiarism from a troll here also.

I'm with you on this, he has one post and his profile says he is Church of God.


We are having an interesting discussion though.

 

[mcdirector]

Why hasn't the originator of the thread responded? Please forgive my suspicious nature here (I can't help it, I was born this way), but I suspect plagiarism from a troll here also.

Maybe his computer fried

I have enjoyed reading the comments though.