What about Infants and the Unborn?
9/16 Reading Portions: 2 Samuel 12; 2 Corinthians 5; Ezekiel 19; Psalms 64-65
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9/16 Reading Portions: 2 Samuel 12; 2 Corinthians 5; Ezekiel 19; Psalms 64-65
2 Samuel 12:23
“But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
GRACE
David’s infant son, the child conceived through his adulterous and murderous affair with Bathsheba recorded in the last chapter, died; and as a prophet, David makes a blessed statement. Children who die in infancy, or those aborted from the womb, are eternally saved. How? By God’s grace, as anyone must be. There are many other passages in the Bible that attest to this. Another is after the Shunamite woman’s son dies, and Elisha’s servant runs and asks if it is all well with the child and the woman replies, “All is well” (2 Ki 4:26; you can hear my message on the topic at SermonAudio.com by clicking here). Moreover, the LORD God Himself said to Jonah,
“And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?” Jonah 4:11
The error concerning the doctrine of infant salvation lies not in their being saved, but in this unbiblical doctrine of an age of accountability. Some give it an arbitrary date to attempt to reconcile when a child has understanding to receive the gospel. The age of accountability began from the first verse of Genesis, when God created the heavens and the earth. Everyone is accountable from the beginning, both angels and mankind; and since the fall of Adam in the garden, all mankind deserve eternal death. It is only by God’s grace any are saved. No person’s “age” is given for accountability in Scripture because we are not allowed to rest on our laurels when it comes to ministering the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to our children, from before conception to the very end. AND! it is our privilege to minister such. Yes, we are all accountable to a holy God, but moreover, we are responsible to Him as our sovereign King. God is holy, just and good; and we can trust Him to do the holy, just, and good work. ALWAYS! Hallelujah! What a good and gracious Savior!