Posted by
Bob Siegel on Friday, January 04, 2008 4:54:09 AM
“Bob, Can you think of any verses that would allude to
an "age of accountability" besides where Jesus states that "the
children's
angels do always behold the face of the Father" and David going to his
child that had died? Please let me know. Thanks.”
Putting aside the blatantly obvious observation that sending a baby to
Hell does not seem to be the action of a loving God, many Christians believe
there is such a thing as the “age of accountability.” Although that exact term is not found in
scripture, here are some verses about children not knowing good from evil and it is implied that
God does not hold children responsible for what they do not know.
And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your
children who do not yet know good from bad--they will enter the land (Deut 1:39).
But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the
right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste (Isa 7:16-17).
See also, Matthew 12, which contains a description of the only sin for which
Jesus did not die. This sin is a
conscious and final refusal to serve Christ.
Since Christ makes Himself known today through His Spirit, the sin is
appropriately titled “Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.” It is understandable that one will have
honest historical doubts about the person of Jesus, but ignoring the experience
of God’s drawing Spirit is quite another matter.
When Christ, by the Spirit’s power, performed a miracle in front of
certain Pharisees, they were left without an excuse to admit his true
identity. Christ’s credibility had been
clearly established. Not wanting to
“knuckle under,” the Pharisees quickly attributed the Holy Spirit’s work to the
power of Satan. This lie is the
blasphemy. A more modern person might
try to write the Spirit’s influence off as some kind of weird repressive
thought, etc.
It is easy to see why a sinful man does not wish to repent, but is it
conceivable that a baby who has not even obtained a sense of right and wrong
could possibly commit this sin? Of course not.
This is Bob Siegel, making the obvious, obvious.
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