+Bonnie Willoughby You're welcome!

Bonnie Willoughby rest easy. They’re innocent and heaven bound 100%. Anyone that thinks children go to hell are sick in the head

@Southern Seminary Actually there is scripture to back up this question >>> John 15:24 (Jesus spoke about nonbelieving jews))>> ''If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.'' As we know, the infants would have had no chance of seeing nor understanding any miracles or any teachings, even if it was taught to them ..because they have no understanding...therefore they are not guilty of sin and will be saved

I think this also shows the concept of an age of accountability has a basis in Scripture. “For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. - Isa 7:16

Children will go to hell if they are of the age of accountability to is around the age of 5-6. But children under that age have most likely not sinned and will not go to hell

im sorry for you.

Aww I’m so very sorry to hear of your pain!!! My deepest condolences to you. You’ll meet your beautiful happy child as you come to Jesus!!🥲🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️

You can Trust in The Word of GOD, The Bible that it does make it clear that when a Baby dies, they are taken to be with Him in Heaven 😊 Please Read 2 Samuel 11 and 12 King David and Bathseba and the account of their 1 year old Baby that Died as a result of the Parents Sin and especially David before GOD, and the assurance that God Gave to a Repentant King David 🙏 😊

Hey, how are y’all holding up? Very sorry to hear about this terrible tragedy.

آمين🙏♥️

Inari, I am so sorry for your loss. Please know that all is well for your little brother, he is with Jesus Christ and is safe and happy, there is nothing to fear, these guys have it wrong, all little children are protected by the atonement of Jesus Christ.

@@johnnyonthespot1665 Some protection you have.

Matthew 19:14 "Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” According to Jesus' word, your little brother is saved.

@I R O N but Christ shows mercy for the child's sin was not revealed to them yet. Once it is revealed then the child is accountable for what God has revealed to them.

That reasoning is faulty. It's human wisdom. For one thing, they are NOT "his children", they are their parents children. People are not God's children by being born. They are His children by being born again, through faith. And even a fetus IS capable of faith. The concept of the "Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man" is earthly wisdom, not Scriptural. Don't see God as you wish Him to be. See Him as He is. Scripture does draw that picture for us. Use that drawing, not your reasoning. Because while our reasoning can sometimes coincide with Scripture's drawing, relying on it will eventually lead to a wrong path. The destiny of babies is not even slightly influenced by what we want to happen. It is determined by God's nature. His true nature. Not what we want Him to be.

@@StephanieSomer I think you are right that the reasoning is faulty, because God loves all adults but not all adults will end up in heaven. But you are wrong to say that people are not God's children by simply being human beings. In Acts 17:29, Paul, speaking to some pagan Greeks, quotes a pagan poet approvingly: 'We are also his [God's] children'. In one sense all human beings are God's children, but in another, deeper sense only the saved are his children. I doubt you are right that fetuses can have faith, but your point about not seeing God as we wish him to be is a very good one.

@@maxaplin4204 As you correctly said, Paul was quoting a pagan poet. That pagan was not referring to God. At least, not the true God. If you doubt a fetus can posses faith, then perhaps you have a better explanation than the Holy Spirit gave when He spoke through Elizabeth in Luke 1 concerning why the baby in Elizabeth's womb lept. I'll give a quick synopsis of the event. Mary, who was now carrying the fetal Christ within her, went to visit Elizabeth while Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant with John the Baptist. When Mary got to the door and called out to her cousin Elizabeth, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking. And the words she gave forth said that the baby lept in her womb for joy. Joy is an expression of the heart of a believer at the presence of God. The Holy Spirit bare record that the fetal John the Baptist expressed joy. So, just HOW did he feel joy? And more to the point, how was he aware of the presence of God in the room? Even more importantly, HOW did he even know who God is, since God can be known ONLY through faith? This event demonstrates like no other that even fetuses CAN know God. God cannot be known without faith, for "he who comes to God must first believe that He is". Therefore, it follows that John the Baptist possessed faith, even saving faith, before his own birth. Didn't even Christ declare, "unless you all come as little children you cannot be saved"? Little children have a very distinct advantage when it comes to faith. They don't balk and doubt like we do. They BELIEVE. The entire doctrine of age of accountability and other such ideas is contrary to what this event demonstrates. So, what happens to babies who die, even before birth? That depends entirely on their faith, just as it does for any other person. My own opinion is that since they've never had the opportunity to experience the pleasure of sin, ( and let there be no doubt, sin IS pleasurable), most would choose God rather than their sinful ways. But that is pure conjecture on my part. God alone has that true answer. And anyone who takes it upon themselves to declare they have the whole truth concerning this issue is deceived. THIS is the picture Scripture paints. If that picture differs from what you think God is like, it's not the Scripture that is mistaken. See Him as He IS, not as you want Him to be.

@@StephanieSomer You have said quite a lot there, too much for me to comment on in depth, so I will limit myself to a few points in reply: First, regarding people being the children of God: In Acts 17:22-31 is Paul's speech to the people of Athens. In v. 24 Paul begins to tell the Athenians about God: 'The God who made the world and everything in it - he is Lord of heaven and earth - does not live in temples made by hands.' So in v. 24 Paul is talking about the true God. Then in verses 25-27 he continues talking about the true God. Then in verses 28-29 he continues further talking about the true God: 28 'For in him we live and move and have our being, as even some of your own poets have said, "For we are also his children." 29 Since, then, we are God's children . . .' Paul quotes the pagan poet in v. 28, but at the beginning of v. 29 he clearly agrees with what the poet said. This passage is an example of what we could call 'bridge-building evangelism'. Paul builds a bridge with the Athenians by highlighting a point of agreement, in this case that human beings are God's children. The fact that the Athenian poet would not have been thinking precisely about the Christian God is beside the point. Paul himself in v. 29 describes human beings as children of God. In one sense all human beings are children of God, but in another sense only the saved are. Being children of God is a metaphorical expression, and this metaphor is used in different ways in Scripture. Second, on fetuses having faith: You are right that the leaping of John the Baptist in the womb is relevant for this issue. But how exactly are we to take this? Is it that JB literally understood that he was in the presence of the Messiah? Or are we to think more that God caused him to leap without a real understanding of why? I accept that prima facie it does more naturally seem to suggest that fetuses can have faith, but I don't think it's as clear you you think it is. On the other hand, Rom 10:17 is difficult for your view: 'So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.' This verse seems to suggest that you need to understand something with your mind and respond to it before you have faith. Nothing in Scripture leads us to think that anyone could ever hear the message of Christ without being able to understand it clearly in their mind. Also, I think experience with toddlers fits poorly with the idea that babies and fetuses can have faith. At the age when children begin to talk, Christian parents need to teach them to trust God. This isn't something that seems to come naturally to them. I am not sure about this issue, but I prefer the view that babies and fetuses are unable to have faith. Third, on the age of moral accountability: I think we can infer this principle from Scripture. In Rom 5:13 Paul says: '. . . but sin is not charged to a person's account where there is no law.' It is true that Paul is talking about adults here, but I think we can extrapolate what he says to babies and fetuses. They are not capable of distinguishing between right and wrong (e.g., Isa 7:16), so presumably they are not under any law. When they are old enough to know right from wrong, they come under the law of God and reach an age of moral accountability. Fourth, on Jesus' words about becoming like children: It is true that he said in Matt 18:3: '. . . unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven'. However, the children in view in this passage are older than babies. In v. 6 Jesus warns people against causing 'one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away'. This implies that the children are old enough to be tempted to sin.

Shane Lynch: I couldn't help myself but intervene to correct a misconception. There are no souls which leave the body and float away to some surreal place. No one goes to heaven or a burning hell. Humans were NEVER created to live in heaven. All these are unbiblical teachings. John 3:13 Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but the one who descended from heaven, the Son of man. When someone dies, even an unborn baby, they just go back to the dust (Ecclesiastes 3:19,20). These, however, will be resurrected back on earth after God's government (kingdom) takes over the rule of this earth (Acts 24:15). Christians pray for this: Matthew 6:10  Let your Kingdom COME. Let your will take place, as in heaven, ALSO ON EARTH. God's original purpose is that humans populate this earth and live forever on it (Genesis 1:28). This was thwarted by Satan for a short while. But with Jesus' sacrifice (John 3:16) will come to fruition. Psalm 37:29 The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it. (Matthew 5:5)

how about you dress modestly. do not cause a man to sin. lets start there..

@@robertgivens9479 people make their own fucking choices, i bet your one of those sad old fucks who go "she was asking for it because of what she was wearing" fuck off, god hates you

@@InitialPC you asked for it.. be careful what you wish for . miserable .. if you don't like what to read. then close your eyes hater.. you probably don't even know anything about God. .liberal

Why are people insulting one of each other , no I know why God regretted making humans in the first I wouldn't blame him I would too 😑

@@tylersoto7465 the bible says to rebuke them that stand against truth and also to be angry and sin not .. open rebuke is better than hidden love proverbs 24 ?

I'm sorry for your loss.. Your grandson is in heaven. He was too good for this world and God called him back. I know it hurts but be happy for him he is in Paradise with the LORD !!

@@geraldlhota Thankyou for your kind words. I know I will see him again, and his oldest brother (my first grandchild who died in a traffic accident almost 2 years ago, 10 days after his 21st birthday). We've been through/going through a lot of grief . But God has been my strength. God bless!

Thinking that humans who die are living somewhere safe is a comforting thought. However, the bible gives us the knowledeg to really comfort grieving humans. The dead don't go anywhere when they die. They just cease to exist except in God's memory. Jesus called it a sleep (John 1:11,14) Psalm 146:3, 4 Do not put your trust in princes Nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation. 4 His spirit goes out, he RETURNS TO THE GROUND; On that very day his THOUGHTS PERISH. Under God's government these dead will be resurrected and reunited with family and friends on this earth (Acts 24:15). Humans will then get an opportunity to live on earth without the need to die again as was God's original purpose in creating humans (John 3:16). Psalm 37:29 The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it. Jesus reiterated this at Matthew 5:5.

@@tongakhan230 So where do you fit Heaven and hell into this? I know my grandsons are with Jesus, He has told me so.

@@toffeetigerkimba : if God tells us that life doesn't continue when a person dies, we must believe it. There is however, someone who wants people to believe it does. Genesis 3:4 At this the serpent (Satan) said to the woman: “You certainly will not die. Humans died and went back to the dust as God had decreed. Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to DUST YOU WILL RETURN.” Satan has been trying to make God out to be a liar. That is why he uses all sorts of guile to make people believe in something opposite to what God says. Deuteronomy 18:9  “When you have entered into the land that Jehovah your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the DETESTABLE PRACTISES of those nations. 10 There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, anyone practicing magic, anyone who looks for omens, a sorcerer, 11 anyone binding others with a spell, anyone who consults a spirit medium or a fortune-teller, or anyone who INQUIRES OF THE DEAD. 12 For whoever does these things is DETESTABLE to Jehovah, and on account of these detestable practices Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you. If we hear voices of supposedly our dead loved ones telling us things, be comforted it isn't the real person who died. Someone unseen is mimicking the voices. All dead ones should be resurrected back onto this earth when God's Government takes over soon. If we are around we could welcome our family and friends. Acts 24:15 And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

HELLO THERE. 👋🙂

Amen, HE sure did...✝️

Right~ All children belong to Kingdom of heaven.

where is the verse

Jesus also promoted forgiveness, tolerance and acceptance.

Gimme a break.

Listen to what you are saying. As a result of believing in these god myths, you have actually convinced yourself to think that babies dying is a good thing. Can you see how distorted your worldview has become because of this nonsense?

It is true Lesley God's mercy is abundant

LOL.. wouldn't it be unfair why we are born not the same as infants who died who can be saved right away without so many unnecessary things? I wish I died as infant.

@@terminusadquem6981 So you wished for death as an infant, meaning you think nothing of your life, which you presumably believe was given to you by your god. How completely upside down. You insult your god by being so dismissive of what he gave you. Strange, as you now want to be with him in this mythical heaven place. Contradictory at best.

Christ became the curse to redeem us from the curse....So in the New covenant ...there is no more inherited curse... such a doctrine propagated by late derick prince and others is absolute fallacy.

As I watched this video, the Holy Spirit revealed the answer to me to share it here..Praise be to the Lord >> John 15:24 (Jesus said) ''If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.'' As we know, the infants would have had no chance of seeing nor understanding Jesus miracles and teachings, therefore they are not guilty and will be saved

~Psalms 58;3 the wicked go astray from the womb, they go atray telling lies even from birth. ~ Psalms 51;5 ... I was shapened in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me. ~Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one. ~John 1:8. If we say we have no sin, we decieve ourselves, and the truth is not in us. These are hard verses to get around as it pertains to mankind/babies and sin. Christians are bound by the words in their book because they have to see every word as God's absolute truth regardless of the topic. They are taught even if God's truth is uncomfortable with the believer, His words are still just.

@@MountTheodore72 Have you any thoughts on how God deals with this issue? Thanks

It's not a really hard question honestly it only takes a bit of common sense. Children do not shoulder the same accountability of sin that able minded adults do...and infants and very young children lack an understanding of right and wrong altogether. We understand this,that's why the law and criminal responsibility apply differently to children,sometimes exempting them altogether. So I highly doubt a perfect and just God would ignore this fact.

​@@MountTheodore72 Yes but God knows full well that an infant completely lacks the ability to decide between right and wrong. There's a little thing called accountability,and young children lack that ability entirely. If we understand that ,I doubt it's lost on God. We know that God is just,and is consistent with his character. And a just judge knows when to make be merciful.

true, i think the argument from general revelation is also profoundly true, because it answers a related question with regard to mentally retarded children; what about mentally retarded children who never grow conscieous of their existence, and so cannot perceive and thus reject the natural revelation of GOD? Very profoundly biblically true

Thank you

So do you believe everyone will be saved? 2 Pet. 3:9

Falcon I have hope everyone will be saved. Only God knows who is in Heaven and Hell.

@@josephjackson1956 Well it's futile to hope against what God has already made clear in His Word: that unfortunately NOT everyone will be saved.

Falcon but I can have hope, can't I, hope that all will be saved and hope for the resurrection of all? It is the choice of the individual soul whether or not they want to go to Heaven or Hell, and their actions on earth can reflect what they are leaning towards. I don't know how a babies' soul develops, or how much of a choice they have when they die, but just about every baby that hasn't been exposed to evil will probably choose the good. Their innocence reflects that.

EXACTLY right.

GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER IN THE LORD.

I could be wrong here but isnt death a result of sin? we inherit the sin of Adam not our birth parents. Romans 5: "12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come." i think we can be reassured that our kids/toddlers will make it to heaven by the Grace of God through a gifted faith. John jumped at the voice of Mary. David said he would see his child in the afterlife. God is just so he will do the right thing and He is good to us as he always has been. He will look out for us and our families- as Promised and Always. Do we believe this? If we say kids get to heaven because of age then we will see millions of people in heaven who needed no faith, no trust in Christ, no Grace and would only say i died young. God's grace and mercy will save our kids but by grace through faith in Him who died to save us all.

@@joshua6545 I CONCUR. I TRULY SERVE A RIGHTEOUS, LOVING AND MERCIFUL FULL OF JUSTICE GOD. ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS YOU ARE CONVERTED AND BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THEREFORE WHOEVER HUMBLES HIMSELF AS THIS LITTLE CHILD IS THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM GOD BLESS OF HEAVEN. WHOEVER RECEIVES ONE LITTLE CHILD LIKE THIS IN MY NAME RECEIVES ME. MATTHEW 18: 3-5. MY GOD ALSO DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE "WHOLE" ENTIRE WORLD 1 JOHN 2:2. UNFORTUNATELY MANY PEOPLE WILL REJECT GOD'S FREE WILL OF SALVATION MATTHEW 7 " 13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" "A FEW PEOPLE WILL FIND IT." WE CALL THAT FREE WILL., IT SURE DOESN'T SAY, GOD HAS SELECTED A FEW PEOPLE FOR SALVATION AND DAMMED THE REST OF THEM, EZEKIEL 18:30-32 “30 “THEREFORE, YOU ISRAELITES, I WILL JUDGE EACH OF YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN WAYS, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD. REPENT! TURN AWAY FROM ALL YOUR OFFENSES; THEN SIN WILL NOT BE YOUR DOWNFALL. 31 RID YOURSELVES OF ALL THE OFFENSES YOU HAVE COMMITTED, AND GET A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT. WHY WILL YOU DIE, PEOPLE OF ISRAEL? 32 FOR I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF ANYONE, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD. REPENT AND LIVE!” MY GOD DOESN'T TAKE PLEASURE IN THE DEAD OF THE WICKED. GOD BLESS YOU,

Really? So if a child is born of the seed of Satan, who's to say a newborn is listening to God? The seeds of Satan begin as soon as possible, even in the womb.

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Odin is better

@@badideass why?

@@joeminor15 because he saved us from the ice giants. better story than the bible.

You will, jesus Loved the little ones why would they not be in heaven. John 9 :: NIV. As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.

Rest assured that all those who die great and small are in God's memory. He will restore them to their families when the resurrections begin during Christ's reign of the thousand years. For now they sleep in death having turned back to dust. Ecclesiastes 3:19,20 ' Animals as do humans die. They return to the dust. In this instance there is no superiority of humans over animals.' (Paraphrased). There is hope of a resurrection for humans though. These will be reunited with their families here on earth.

Only if you are Muslim.

@@skander6167 i mean no disrespect here. Yet if Muhammad was a prophet sent from God to confirm the teaching preached by Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and others. Then why if he was confirming them did he not use the same Holy Scriptures as they? Also why was the Quran re-written over 7 times? God never changes why would his word? Again I am asking curiously for knowledge and mean no offense or disrespect.

@@brianb4390 OMG, you are sooooooooo brainwashed, the Quran was never changed, they compared a book from when Muhammad was still alive, and it was identical, you now what? You are an idiot, the POPES changed the bible, it is completely different to before.

The topic here is not only babies but toddlers who still doesn’t understand sin so until they know what is sin and understand what it is, they are innocent. I believe the same goes to mentally retarded individuals.

Humans in every stage of development and life will have bad things happen to them. That is because Adam passed down imperfection to his children by breaking away from God's rulership. Romans 5:12 That is why, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned To pay off this penalty God sent his son to die. This releases all Adam's children from inheriting this stain of imperfection. John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. (cf Romans 5:18) The dead will be resurrected under God's government to enable these to inherit the life they should have inherited. Everlasting life. (Acts 24:15) Psalm 37:29 The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it. Jesus reiterated this at Matthew 5:5.

@@edijares1543 Be careful. That logic is a slippery slope to universalism.

Is the Earth Flat according to the Bible?

no sir

Many Bible Verses Support a Flat Earth

sorry but they do not

The question shouldn't be *do babies go to hell* , but according to the bible, the question should be, *"should babies go to hell?"* Naturally, because of ones compassion, everyone wants to be quick to say "no!!! Babies should not go to hell." But as Christians are bound by the laws of the bible, it is said that by one man sin entered the world. Christians were taught every single person is born into sin. They were also taught everyone is, in a sense, infected with the sin disease. The bible even goes on to say from Psalms 58;3 "The wicked go estranged from the womb, they go out telling lies from birth." Then Psalms 101; 7 says no liars shall tarry in his sight. One's very own bible is the book that damns babies and children to hell. Thas a shame. And if people are truly honest in how the bible reads without trying to twist verses based on one's emotions and see just what the bible is saying regarding human kind and sin, one is left to conclude, honestly, that babies are just as guilty as a full grown adult, and according to one's own bible, babies are equally as capable of going to hell. And sadly people are bound by their convictions. Is the bible truth still?!

@Brad Roberts YOU SURE MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE GOD OF THE HOLY BIBLE HAS A SEVERE DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER. IF THE DEAD DON’T IMMEDIATELY GO TO HEAVEN HOW DID MOSES AND ELIJAH APPEAR AT THE TRANSFIGURATION SPEAKING TO JESUS. AREN'T THEY WAITING FOR THE RESURRECTION? WHEN A CHRISTIAN DIES HE/SHE IMMEDIATELY PASSES INTO THE CONSCIOUS PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN HEAVEN, BUT WHEN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION ARRIVES, HE/SHE WILL BE GIVEN A NEW AND GLORIFIED BODY IN WHICH ALL OF GOD’S PEOPLE WILL LIVE AND FLOURISH ON THE NEW EARTH ( REVELATION 21-22). GOD BLESS YOU.

Do you have scripture to back that up?

@@foolishdrunk2181 WHY

@@mercibeaucoup2639 Why not?

@@foolishdrunk2181 U R DRUNK

If the right thing involves your God killing children then your God is a piece of shit.

@@badideass Be gone demon in Jesus name.

@@rcarr6893 little did that do you're going to have to try harder than that... Lol

Babies and children up to the Biblical age of knowing go to Heaven if they die..which is about 9-12.

Exactly brother. People have forever convinced themselves of perceptions they have about God

@@janekay4147 You are all wrong on this. The one true answer is in the Bible.

@@zandrello You don't know what you are talking about, and I can prove it, without a doubt. I will do so with scripture.

Your comments about the children. Would you like the scripture for that?

+Christy Sherrill You're welcome!

the truth is? nobody knows. I asked this during my conversion process, even asked about animals and if they get a chance of a new life in a better place. Nobody knows, they might go on about it like they think they know....but they dont know.

Calvinist crap. Frightening that anyone still takes that deformed theology seriously today. Gnosticism lives on, alas.

@@ACTSVERSE I wonder how many get driven crazy because of all this. Ending up with deeply unhappy lives.

@@robraver Calvinism: election and reprobation are unconditional. Unless you're a child of an elect parent. Or you just die before some unspecified age. Then you are guaranteed to be elect. But other than that, it's unconditional.

@@ACTSVERSE but can a person willingly walk away? I mean knowing full well the consequences? there are warnings about that.

Liana becca That is a horrible interpretation. I agree that babies go to heaven, but that text is not a support for that.

Therefore ALL who never saw Jesus are saved?! Praise what?

@@reformedwretch2071 Not saying I disagree with you, my first reaction was the same as you but then I read again and paused. Could you explain why, centering on this part " they would not be guilty of sin" Thanks.

Dant e: John 15:24 is in relation to the Jews, not humans in general. Jesus’ miraculous works, in effect, convict those who hate him, as he notes: “If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have both seen and hated me as well as my Father.” Thus, as Jesus says, the scripture is fulfilled: “They hated me without cause.” When people die, all their sins are erased, (Roman 6:23). They lie in the dust awaiting a resurrection under God's government. Acts 24:15  And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. I trust this clears things up.

@@tongakhan230 To be honest now that I look back at the comments I can't honestly say what I was thinking at the time to pose the question I did, I don't think it was in relation to what you've just tried to explain. At a guess I'd say I was wondering why the notion that babies are innocent of conscious sin isn't supported by the same scripture even if it isn't directly related to it in the full context.

+John Baker Thanks for your question! We'll try to address it in a future episode of Honest Answers. In the meantime, thanks for following the series.

Single predestination refers to unconditional election. Double predestination refers to election and reprobation. Reprobation is the doctrine that God predestined the damned to hell. The damned are punished for sin, but that alone is not why God predestined them to hell inasmuch as everyone is (or will be or would be) a sinner. That, in a nutshell, is what the terms mean. Freewill theists object to both. I don't think double predestination raises any pastoral concerns. But it's best to address one question at a time.

John Baker I think, though of course some will disagree!, that it makes little sense to talk about single predestination. Single predestination would say that God predestined (chose before the world began) certain idividuals to life (salvation in Christ) but did not predestine others to death (condemnation/damnation.) I would argue that in choosing not to appoint them unto life and subsequently regenerating them, God chooses to appoint them unto death. This does not mean that He condemns them arbitrarily, but perfectly justly for their sin, nor that He keeps them from believing, but leaves them to their unbelief. I affirm double predestination, but also believe it is proper and consistent to say that God is entirely responsible for man's salvation, but man is entirely responsible (morally) for his own condemnation. God held none back. See, for a very few references, Matthew 11:25-30 and Romans 9, especially 6-23. Consider also God's relationship with Israel whereby He chose one people to reveal Himself to, while largely leaving all other people's/nations to themselves and only general revelation (Romans 1:19-23.) I don't mean that His choice of Israel is identical to predestination because not all Israel believed, but it shows plainly that God chooses freely and graciously to interact with different people in different ways, showing more grace to some while leaving others to themselves (that is, to their own darkened hearts which reject the testimony of creation ala Romans 1.) Some pastoral concerns are that many object to these doctrines as perhaps hard hearted, unfair, "not what my God would do," or contrary to their understanding of certain other scriptures. It is essential to declare this with clarity as plain Biblical teaching, showing God's perfect justice and the perfect and necessary freedom of His grace. God is not required by justice to be gracious, nor to show equal measures of grace - that's the very nature of grace. This ought to be a doctrine of comfort to believers, never of discouragement to unbelievers. Back to Matthew 11, Jesus said, "ALL who are weary and heavy laden..." and was not disingenuous in so saying. any view of predestination that limits the extent of the free offer of the gospel below the scriptural offer is deformed. Keep in mind also God elsewhere said He takes no delight in the death of the wicked. "Willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known..." NOT "delighting in the death of the wicked and the damnation of sinners" I hope this was helpful, and that you find it to say no more than scripture will support. You can readily find much fuller treatments of the matter, though, of course, views differ.

Chris Brenan Re: your 1st parag., 2nd sentence. All are dead in trespasses and sins as per Rom. 5:12 ; Eph. 2:1-3. We are all condemned into that spiritually dead state through unbelief as per John 3:18. We don't have to be predestined to condemnation -- it's the universal condition of inheriting Adam's corruption that leaves us spiritually disconnected from God, unable to know Him or even seek Him as per Psalm 14:1-3 ; 53:1-3 ; Rom. 3:10-18. There is a Divine predestination to save some through the mercy of God as per Rom. 9:15,16,18 but human condemnation is a result of God's promise to execute Divine justice for disobedience as per Gen. 2:17. That justice, resulting in death, fell on both Adam and Eve through their transgression. It would seem to be a stretch to affirm that God's justice bringing condemnation emanates from a predestinating decree rather than just His foreknowledge.

John Baker: No one is predestined. Everyone has a free choice. Else, these scriptures make no sense. Deuteronomy 30:19  I take the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you today that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the curse; and you must CHOOSE life so that you may live, you and your descendants, 20 by loving Jehovah your God, by listening to his voice, and by sticking to him, for he is your life and by him you will endure a long time in the land that Jehovah swore to give to your forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Matthew 18:2  So calling a young child to him, he stood him in their midst 3 and said: “Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become as young children, you will by no means enter into the Kingdom of the heavens. Acts 3:19 “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from Jehovah himself

Those type of verses Christians want to stay away from. They are confronted with a disturbing truth when it pertains to this particular topic. The bible blocks them in with uncomfortable truths.

@jlhaws115 hey thanks for responding to the comment. But doesn't the verse say who He (The Holy Ghost) is referring to? " the wicked go astray as soon as they be Born" as soon as you're born you are a what? A baby. The gentleman in the video said " we can trust God to do what's right" then we have to trust God to do what's right even when we think He's wrong. I'm not saying I want babies to go to hell. Our that I support abortion. But we don't know what a baby could grow up to be. Only God knows. The Bible says "his ways are higher than our ways his thoughts are higher than our thoughts" remember God ordered Israelites to kill whole nations women and children. Why? Because He knew what they would do when they grew up.

The Bible is referencing that as a human you are born into a sinful and wicked nature. If u wanted to disregard the true meaning of that scripture, then common sense also tells us that babies are not born with the ability to talk immediately, therefore they surely wouldn't be able to lie. All babies and children go to heaven until they are at the age of accountability. There is no set age for that, instead the ability to have a conscience to know right from wrong. And yes we as Christians do have to trust that our God is always right!

Its referring to the path that wicked adults take in life.

@@dezdaking This guy shouldn't be doing videos, he has no idea what the Bible says. The answer is in the Bible, if you are interested in the truth, ask and I will tell you where to find it.

Thank you for this message I really need it this time..I lost my son last feb 9 hope I can accept right now

You are correct. In face, Christ’s sacrifice was meant to cover all who sin unknowingly, Christian or not Christian. A person never hearing the gospel is not damned to hell, especially if they would have accepted the truth had it been preached to them. “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”

Janna Medina ...for it is God who works in you to will & do according to His good pleasure. Isn't the work of God inside all we do that is good, the most intimate phenomenon? I think so...

We have choice, that is our part in salvation..

If that is the case, one can't fault fearful parents not wanting their children to grow up in a sinful world. So the parents decide to kill their children while they are in their innocence, knowing heaven will recieve them. One can't blame a parent for such a heinous act if that is the belief that heaven takes all dead babies/children.

Using the logic of this lesson the greatest evangelists are the abortionists who kill the child before it sins.

She is God's child....

Like getting severe lung damage, or death from corona virus?

@@neildunford241 Sometimes you cannot be thankful for the light without being in the dark.

@@angelwarrir545 including death? I think I'd still be able to understand happiness, without any kind of god driven misery.

@@neildunford241 Premature death takes many, like babies being aborted. But that's why you have to pray

@@angelwarrir545 why? So you can ask god to change his plan just for you? Why would someone do that? Its the equivalent of saying, "hey god, I know you know everything, I know you've a plan for all of us - but can you change it please? Cos its not ideal for me. Thanks".

Christ’s grace covers all those who sin unknowingly. Children and even non-Christians who have never heard the word.

@@rachelczumaya2806 could you cite a Bible reference that supports that, please? Thanks.

On the cross, Jesus said “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” I feel he meant that for everyone. His grace covers all, but some will choose to reject it. Those that choose to reject Christ’s grace (like Cain-loved Satan more than God) will not be forced to accept it. They choose damnation because they are more “comfortable” there. He gave us all the path to chose, but he’s not going to force the human mind. All children are alive in Christ. For more on this topic, you may check out www.comeUntoChrist.org if you feel so led. “Suffer the little children to come unto me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Also, this reference here: 1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” He suffered for the just and the unjust alike. He causeth his rain-a symbol of His grace-to fall on the just and the unjust. Those that knew not the gospel will have it preached to them in spirit and will be given the choice to accept or reject it. Some will reject, and some will move into the paradise of God where they await their resurrection, just as the man on the cross who asked Jesus to remember him. I can’t believe that some Christians think that God would damn to hell someone who he caused to grow up Bhuddist or Muslim or some other non-Christian religion. That doesn’t sound like a just God to me. It doesn’t sound like a merciful one either. But I know God is just AND merciful and that he suffered for all mankind who would repent and confess His name. He has a plan prepared for all His creations, for he has prepared a mansion for us all. He said he did.

The catholics told mothers who lost infants before being christened that they were in hell. Filthy bloody religion why anyone bothers with it is beyond me ..........the words in the Bible were written by evil men to frighten an control people .......what a shame people are still frightened in the 21st century.. Rid yourselves of this religious filth, all religion is bullshit.

I have found that the Bible is incomplete by itself. It contains some but not all of God’s word. Please see www.ChurchofJesusChrist.org

The Holy Spirit lives! And lives in us ! If Jesus is in you ! Jesus referred to us as having to be like children ! Of course they live with him ! And he in them ! 😇

If that would be the case, then heaven will be filled with children. Actually not all children will go to heaven. Psalm 37:28: "For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off." 1 Corinthians 7:14: "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy." So Paul is saying that if someone from the family is a believer all the family is sanctified through that person, but that doesn't mean that they will be saved. God will give them the opportunity to be saved. Now the little ones who don't know right from wrong they will be saved based on the parent's faith. If both parents are unfaithful, then the children will not be saved, it doesn't matter if that child is innocent. That's why in the Old Testament God said to kill everyone from Canaan.

Once again, this point is unlikely to remove every concern from the mind of the modern reader, but we must add another dimension to this issue. If we ask whether it would be better for God to allow children to grow up in such a perverted culture and religious system or to bring their young lives to an end and gather them to Himself, we begin to see that what happened to them may not have been the worst option. Even as we consider this, however, we are on dangerous ground. Only God can make this kind of judgement, since He alone possesses all knowledge and wisdom. Our finite minds are incapable of understanding every dimension of such a dilemma. Like Paul, we must acknowledge that God’s judgements are unsearchable and His paths are “beyond tracing out” (Romans 11:33).

For George Once again, this point is unlikely to remove every concern from the mind of the modern reader, but we must add another dimension to this issue. If we ask whether it would be better for God to allow children to grow up in such a perverted culture and religious system or to bring their young lives to an end and gather them to Himself, we begin to see that what happened to them may not have been the worst option. Even as we consider this, however, we are on dangerous ground. Only God can make this kind of judgement, since He alone possesses all knowledge and wisdom. Our finite minds are incapable of understanding every dimension of such a dilemma. Like Paul, we must acknowledge that God’s judgements are unsearchable and His paths are “beyond tracing out” (Romans 11:33).

For George Once again, this point is unlikely to remove every concern from the mind of the modern reader, but we must add another dimension to this issue. If we ask whether it would be better for God to allow children to grow up in such a perverted culture and religious system or to bring their young lives to an end and gather them to Himself, we begin to see that what happened to them may not have been the worst option. Even as we consider this, however, we are on dangerous ground. Only God can make this kind of judgement, since He alone possesses all knowledge and wisdom. Our finite minds are incapable of understanding every dimension of such a dilemma. Like Paul, we must acknowledge that God’s judgements are unsearchable and His paths are “beyond tracing out” (Romans 11:33).

@@gabrielacristea1648 Esti romanca? Anyway, we truly don't know the mind of God, His ways are not our ways, but for God to take all the children to heaven, that would be unjust for them because God would not have given them a chance to choose if they want to or not, I'm thinking of what that child chooses when he grows up. God knows what that child grows up to be, a good person or not because He knows the future. So I don't believe that all the children will be saved. Besides, think of all the millions of children that are killed every year through abortion, are they all going to be saved? The answer to that question will be answered when Lord Jesus comes to take us home at His second coming. Now, why do I say that not all children are going to be saved? We have examples of christian families, both parents obedient to God and their child chooses a different path that leads to death, even though he was raised in Church basically. On the other hand, we have families that have nothing to do with God, but their child chooses the right path and will be saved. God is just in who He chooses. I'm sure that many people from church that we look up to will not be saved and many that we thought that they had no chance of getting to heaven will be there because God judges the secret man of the heart not by appearance like men do. Doamne ajuta, God bless.

Stephanie Somer: Jesus paid off the penalty imposed on Adam. John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. Humans now have the right to live forever on this earth which was God's original purpose. Those dead will be resurrected back on earth (Acts 25:15) All this will happen after God's government (kingdom) takes over the rule of this earth (Matthew 6:10). Psalm 37:29 The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it. (Matthew 5:5)

@@tongakhan230 I am well aware of that text. If you look closely, that was the same text I used. The only difference is I quoted the end of it while you quoted the beginning. However, nothing whatsoever in that text indicates a universal salvation as you are describing. While it is correct that Christ died for sins, what you are missing is that according to the rest of the passage judgement is now on the basis of accepting or rejecting that sacrifice for their own sins. Christ Himself declared that few will ever do so. So, only few will ever reach that goal which you describe. MOST will be eternally rejected and be cast into the lake of fire.

Stephanie Somer: Church members use the word salvation without having a clue as to what it really means. Most think it is life in heaven. The bible promises everlasting life on earth, not in heaven. That was God' original purpose. It was thwarted by Satan for a time but will come to fruition soon after God's government takes over the rule of this earth and restores paradise (1 Corinthians 15:20-28). If Jesus paid the price for Adam's disobedience, all Adam's progeny are removed from the curse of inherited imperfection leading to death. (Romans 5:12,18) How will Abraham, Moses , David and others get life if they had to put faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice? They died long before Jesus did. That is where the resurrection comes into play. The lake of fire is total annihilation from which there is no coming back. No resurrection. (Revelation 20:14,15).

@@tongakhan230 Annihilation means complete destruction or obliteration. You are saying essentially that those cast into the lake of fire cease to exist. And that is absolutely contradictory to SCripture.

Stephanie Somer: With respect. That is what most have been made to believe. Few check the scriptures. Revelation 20:14  And death and the Grave (Hell) were hurled into the lake of fire. This means the second death, the lake of fire. Death is a condition. The Grave (aka Hell) is a hole in the ground where the dead go. How can these be tortured or burned? It just means 'ended', 'no longer exists'. 1 Corinthians 15:24 Next, the end, when (Jesus) hands over the Kingdom to his God and Father, when he has brought to nothing all government and all authority and power. 25 For he must rule as king until God has put all enemies under his feet. 26 And the LAST ENEMY, DEATH, is to be BROUGHT TO NOTHING. How is death brought to nothing? It ceases to be a part of humans. Humans get everlasting life (John 3:16) (Revelation 21:3,4).

I think you're right… The salvation of children (which seems fairly obvious in Scripture to me) would make abortion more effective than the cross from your point of view. Not exactly a powerful view of the Almighty in my opinion. Moses 1:39 tells us exactly where God finds glory and it is through our salvation (our eternal life.) That's a lot of glory for God to lose with most people in hell! Answer can be found in First Timothy 4:10 "That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe." So God is going to save all people according to the Scripture but especially the believers. How does this work? In revelations we are painted with a word picture of a crucible just as was done many times in the Old Testament. The sins of the people and their torment will burn off and rise into the smoke, separated from them. It's no coincidence that crucibles in ancient times used sulfur to purify gold in a container of fire. If it is a literal lake of fire that we sit in for eternity and eternity (Aion does not mean eternity by the way, it means an age) why include the sulfur in this allegorical word picture? Is it because the pain of fire is an enough and it has to stink as well? This assertion is ridiculous. Sulfur was a component used in crucibles to purify gold. Every knee that bows and tongue that professes shall be saved and guess what everyone will do after the rapture? Every knee shall bow and tongue shall profess. If God's glory is the salvation of man and God will be made all and all (First Corinthians 15:28) Then he will have complete victory. This is why the cross is far more powerful than an abortion Dr.

Scripture is very clear, just stop listening to this guy, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Read Ecclesiastes chapter 12 vs 7, this tells you what happens to everyone at death.

@@jordanpease3329 Read Ecclesiastes chapter 12 vs 7. Please don't listen to the guy in this video, he's clueless.

@@learsi5168 It's a great Scripture! Another testament that God will have complete victory. Thank you for your input! :-)

God has made you so wise.

Andreea T I still dont understand why any of us are being judged for what Adam & Eve did :(

Wait... you were expecting religion to make sense? You poor thing.

Andreea • we’re not judging that baby and saying “you deserve hell cause you’re a sinner” it’s more so like, babies are humans and all humans are naturally sinful. However babies haven’t actually committed any sins yet, but their nature as humans is sinful and not perfect. The only perfect one is God.

Because we were all born into sin

@@carin5654 because they tainted all of creation. God made it easy for us to be saved. You view it bad

@Pink y when you say "god was crucified" ur blaspheming.... be careful brother

Mark OnTheBlueRidge amen!!!!!!

Diane Widner Babies and children goes to Heaven they are innocent in God eyes

@Mark OnTheBlueRidge Excuse me, but just a reminder, your bible says that (Romans 3:10) There is *none* righteous, no not one. (1 John 1:8) If we say we have no sin, we decieve ourselves and the truth is not in us. At what point is one innocent if everyone is born and shapened in iniquity, according to the bible.

Don't try to make Christians think of these things. Whatever they personally believe is what God does anyway. Each and every one of them.

Hey Dad

A good observation indeed. Only God is morally and perfectly GOOD. Jesus made that clear when he said: Luke 18:19 Jesus said to him: “Why do you call me good? Nobody is good except one, God. Even Jesus who was called GOOD SHEPHERD and TEACHER doesn't match up to God's standard of GOOD.

I give up, was it your sister or brother?

Yeah but he's Calvinist tho so he has to give his ridiculous interpretation

If he would read his Bible, he would know. I can show you the answer in the Bible.

Psalm 51:5, Job 15:4