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As to infant baptismal regeneration, I don't believe in baptizing infants for they have no way to communicate with me what they believe or don't believe. I would not baptize an infant unless God miraculously give that infant the ability to profess his or her faith in Christ and gave me an ability to understand that profession was genuine.

But even if God miraculously allowed an infant to speak in English professing his faith, I do not believe water baptism regenerates any more than sitting in a bakery makes one a doughnut.



I understand you are speaking about who you would or would not baptize and that is dependent on their profession of faith. But a portion of how you've written this is somewhat confusing to me. Are you saying or implying that it is the ability of the individual to "speak in English professing his faith" critical to salvation? Or are you saying in general some sort of profession? There are mute people who certainly can not speak, and millions who do know speak English. Is the profession critical to salvation, or believing with the heart critical, evidenced by the profession of faith?
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I understand you are speaking about who you would or would not baptize and that is dependent on their profession of faith. But a portion of how you've written this is somewhat confusing to me. Are you saying or implying that it is the ability of the individual to "speak in English professing his faith" critical to salvation? Or are you saying in general some sort of profession? There are mute people who certainly can not speak, and millions who do know speak English. Is the profession critical to salvation, or believing with the heart critical, evidenced by the profession of faith?

In Acts 8:37, Philip told the Ethiopian Eunuch that he could be baptized if he believed. I do believe a profession of faith is a prerequisite to anyone being baptized, otherwise Philip would not have spoke thus to the eunuch.

As to mutes professing, must the profession be an audible profession? They could easily sign (as a deaf person does) or they could write down their profession I would suppose.
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If an infant goes to hell when he or she dies, then God is not a just God.. I can imagine nothing more unjust than sending a baby into eternal damnation.

In Romans, Paul writes that God holds each person accountable for what the know. Even those who have never heard the name of Christ can find salvation in Christ if they respond to what God has revealed to them. If a tribe in Africa has never heard, but listens to what nature teaches that there is one Creator of the universe, then God, through the grace found in Christ, will deliver them. If a baby or child does not have the mental capacity to understand and respond to the message, God will damn them to hell for dying an early death. We are saved through Christ by the grace of God. God's grace clearly extends to those who do not have the mental ability to hear and understand the word of God. Those who cannot understand cannot reject Christ. Thus, if an infant has not rejected Christ, then the infant will be welcomed into the eternal arms of the Father.

Baptists use the "age of accountability" to explain this. The term is not found in the Scripture, but the principal most certainly is. Other Christian traditions baptize infants recognizing that God's grace is upon them until they come of the age that they understand, are called by Christ and can then choose to follow that call, at which time their decision to follow Christ is publicly "confirmed" before the church.

But there is no Scriptural support to say that a child who dies before the time that the child can understand the message of Christ and either accept or reject the message will go to hell. None whatsoever. In the OT, God told Israel to kill every man woman and child of lands they occupied. This had nothing to do with eternal salvation. It had to do with God wanting Israel not to intermarry, thus he was removing the temptation.

Yes, the sins of fathers will impact future generations, but that is the consequences here on earth of sin, and has nothing to do with eternal damnation.

God absolutely loves children. Jesus welcomed children into his arms when the disciples thought they would bother Jesus. If the grace of God through Christ does not cover babies and young children, then there is no hope for any of us.

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In Acts 8:37, Philip told the Ethiopian Eunuch that he could be baptized if he believed. I do believe a profession of faith is a prerequisite to anyone being baptized, otherwise Philip would not have spoke thus to the eunuch.

As to mutes professing, must the profession be an audible profession? They could easily sign (as a deaf person does) or they could write down their profession I would suppose.


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In Acts 8:37, Philip told the Ethiopian Eunuch that he could be baptized if he believed. I do believe a profession of faith is a prerequisite to anyone being baptized, otherwise Philip would not have spoke thus to the eunuch.

As to mutes professing, must the profession be an audible profession? They could easily sign (as a deaf person does) or they could write down their profession I would suppose.


We read in Romans 10:9,10 that both confession and belief are essential proponents the Salvation of a person.

Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Note that Paul said if thou shalt confess AND believe thou shalt be saved.
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You say the death of the infants in Hosea were because of the sins of others, yet that flies in the face of Scripture. The Law stated the children would not be put to death for their father's sins.


Yes, UNDER THE LAW no child is executed for the sins of the parents. Let me repeat - that is man's treatment of man under the law. God allows the punishment of sin to extend to the third and fourth generation. This is what we are talking about in Hosea 13. It is judgment upon a nation, and the resulting casualties to babies.

Ex. 20:5, "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;"

As I said, I'll stick with the Bible on this one.


I wish you would. Where are the verses about babies going to Hell again?

Still waiting for the explanation on the Romans verses, you know, the ones that say that a baby doesn't have sin imputed unto it. Fifth time I've mentioned them now.

God bless.
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Yes, UNDER THE LAW no child is executed for the sins of the parents. Let me repeat - that is man's treatment of man under the law. God allows the punishment of sin to extend to the third and fourth generation. This is what we are talking about in Hosea 13. It is judgment upon a nation, and the resulting casualties to babies.

Ex. 20:5, "Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;"



I wish you would. Where are the verses about babies going to Hell again?

Still waiting for the explanation on the Romans verses, you know, the ones that say that a baby doesn't have sin imputed unto it. Fifth time I've mentioned them now.

God bless.

Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

If one of those wicked babies referred to by David in Psalm 53 were to die, he or she would be turned into hell as stated will happen in Psalm 9:17.
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Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

If one of those wicked babies referred to by David in Psalm 53 were to die, he or she would be turned into hell as stated will happen in Psalm 9:17.


Well, let's think about this. Does everyone that is wicked go to Hell? If you're saved, then you've admitted the fact that you are wicked, right? Well, according to Psalms 9:17 wicked people go to Hell - so shouldn't you?

You should, and I should too.

Psalms 9:17 isn't the only verse in the Bible though, thankfully. You see, I read in Romans (oh man, there's that New Testament book again!) that if I admit I'm a sinner and put my faith in Christ I can get out of it. In fact, the language that is used in Romans 4 is that sin won't be imputed to me. So, even though I am wicked, and I am a sinner, and I do deserve Hell - the sin I do after salvation is not imputed unto me.

Not imputed...

Not imputed...

Just like the babies in those two verses in Romans that I keep reminding you of and you keep ignoring.

Sixth time.
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Well, let's think about this. Does everyone that is wicked go to Hell? If you're saved, then you've admitted the fact that you are wicked, right? Well, according to Psalms 9:17 wicked people go to Hell - so shouldn't you?

You should, and I should too.

Psalms 9:17 isn't the only verse in the Bible though, thankfully. You see, I read in Romans (oh man, there's that New Testament book again!) that if I admit I'm a sinner and put my faith in Christ I can get out of it. In fact, the language that is used in Romans 4 is that sin won't be imputed to me. So, even though I am wicked, and I am a sinner, and I do deserve Hell - the sin I do after salvation is not imputed unto me.

Not imputed...

Not imputed...

Just like the babies in those two verses in Romans that I keep reminding you of and you keep ignoring.

Sixth time.

I am not wicked. I was before trusting Christ, but no more. God sees me as cleansed by His Son.

And I have not ignored the verses in Romans.
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I am not wicked. I was before trusting Christ, but no more. God sees me as cleansed by His Son.


I John 1:8, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

And I have not ignored the verses in Romans.


My first post in this thread was a request for you to explain them, you haven't so far. They are critical to understanding the biblical doctrine of the Age of Accountability.

Seventh time.
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If an infant goes to hell when he or she dies, then God is not a just God.. I can imagine nothing more unjust than sending a baby into eternal damnation.

In Romans, Paul writes that God holds each person accountable for what the know. Even those who have never heard the name of Christ can find salvation in Christ if they respond to what God has revealed to them. If a tribe in Africa has never heard, but listens to what nature teaches that there is one Creator of the universe, then God, through the grace found in Christ, will deliver them. If a baby or child does not have the mental capacity to understand and respond to the message, God will damn them to hell for dying an early death. We are saved through Christ by the grace of God. God's grace clearly extends to those who do not have the mental ability to hear and understand the word of God. Those who cannot understand cannot reject Christ. Thus, if an infant has not rejected Christ, then the infant will be welcomed into the eternal arms of the Father.

Baptists use the "age of accountability" to explain this. The term is not found in the Scripture, but the principal most certainly is. Other Christian traditions baptize infants recognizing that God's grace is upon them until they come of the age that they understand, are called by Christ and can then choose to follow that call, at which time their decision to follow Christ is publicly "confirmed" before the church.

But there is no Scriptural support to say that a child who dies before the time that the child can understand the message of Christ and either accept or reject the message will go to hell. None whatsoever. In the OT, God told Israel to kill every man woman and child of lands they occupied. This had nothing to do with eternal salvation. It had to do with God wanting Israel not to intermarry, thus he was removing the temptation.

Yes, the sins of fathers will impact future generations, but that is the consequences here on earth of sin, and has nothing to do with eternal damnation.

God absolutely loves children. Jesus welcomed children into his arms when the disciples thought they would bother Jesus. If the grace of God through Christ does not cover babies and young children, then there is no hope for any of us.

The wicked shall be turned into hell; and all nations that forget God.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they be born speaking lies.

If a child is deemed to be wicked at birth (Psalm 58 indicates such is possible) and that wicked child dies in infancy, it will be turned into hell.
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A crazy teenage Fundamentalist's thoughts.

1. We all are sinners by nature and choice. We all agree to this. The Bible teaches this.

2. There's not really an age of accountability hinted at in the Bible.

3. About the only reference to matters such as this is the story of David and Bathsheba; that is, their son dying. David says he will go to him. What does this mean? It could just mean he will also die and be buried, but that seems unlikely. Now, before Christ was resurrected, everyone went to Sheol - the place of the dead. One side was for the unrighteous, unsaved, one side was for the righteous, saved (see the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus). OBviously, David would not be going to the place of the wicked. All souls must go somewhere, so it logically follows, assuming David comforted himself with these words, that the child went to Abraham's Bosom, as it is called (again, see the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus).

4. To say children can believe/sin seems a bit of a...stretch. No doubt, we have heard of children being saved even at three years of age, but infants? One month, two months? There doesn't seem to really be any Scriptural support for that.

5. This has been mentioned, but I will say it again: God is perfect, holy, and just in all things, so we need not worry.

Feliz Navidad!
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Joel ><>.
2 Chronicles 7:14.

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I John 1:8, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."



My first post in this thread was a request for you to explain them, you haven't so far. They are critical to understanding the biblical doctrine of the Age of Accountability.

Seventh time.

John did not say "if we say we are not wicked..."
God no longer sees us as wicked who are Christ's.
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