A dead
baby may not be your problem, Judy, but it's many people's rather traumatic
problem. People wonder where their family members GO...especially their
children.... when they die. Death is a very real problem most of us have to
deal with at one time or another. The death of a child is probably a pain so
great that I can't even imagine it.
John
is simply saying babies aren't accountable. Haven't you ever had a friend who
miscarried or lost their baby to being stillborn, or died from SIDS, hit by a
drunk driver, or from their immunizations? Haven't you known a family whose
child died in an accident? Catholics would tell you the child goes to some
in-between place unless the infant has been baptized.
We
don't have to know everything, but we can certainly have some tools to be an
encouragement to others so we may minister to them in empathy and love. If a
young mother just had a miscarriage, or had a baby stillborn, would you say to
her.....Gee, your dead baby isn't my problem? I have a heavenly father whose
nature is love...... What if that young mother was a non-Believer? What do
you think she would think/feel about a God who is love?
Kay
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Judy Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January, 2005 23.46
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Whose Names are Written in the Lambs Book of Life?jt: JOHN a dead baby is not my problem. I have a Heavenly Father whose nature and character is love and so Ileave all those kinds of problems with Him cause I don't have to know everything. However, what about the babies of the Amorites and these other nations God was so disgusted with? I mean the ones where Israel was told not to let even one animal live?On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:50:27 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:In a message dated 1/10/2005 11:42:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:I think....correct me if I'm wrong, John....
that John is saying that a child is "saved" when he is born. A newborn is not cast into hell because he wasn't "born again". A child who dies goes to heaven...until he is of the age of accountability and makes his decision...either for God and "heavenbound", or against God and "hellbound".
Kay
Interesting and close to what I do believe. Judy - is a dead baby going to heaven or hell. I am sure your theology allows for such -- just interested in how that happens.
John