Do infants go to heaven or not? Yes or no? And why would you say that?
That question was asked in my Sunday morning class yesterday. I thought I would biblically answer it now because the class didn't wanna get into an "argument" over this issue even though there is biblical proof pointing one way.
An infant's mind is not developed enough to understand right from wrong or understand the concept of heaven or hell or even saved or not saved. So, why would a just God send a helpless child to hell?
He doesn't. Now here is the biblical proof and examples...
Deuteronomy 1:39
-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. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.
God knows that children do not understand what good or bad is and He lets them come to Him when they die at that age.
In 2 Samuel 12 it talks about King David's son being dead. David moaned for the death of his son, but then he had to stop because he finally realized that he would see him again. He said in verse 23 "...I will go to him, but he will not return to me." He knew that he would be going to heaven and that he would see his son again there.
Psalm 132:11 says "The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: one of the sons of your body I will set on your throne." One of the sons was going to be on David's own thrown in heaven.
God is a just and righteous God. He says that people have no excuse not to believe in Him when the evidence is all around us in nature. So, if we choose not to believe even when we see that beauty of His creation, then we will go to hell even if we haven't heard the gospel. The people that refuse to believe after seeing the creation are the one's that can comprehend it and their minds are developed enough. God is fair. He wont send a child to hell since he is too young to understand anything. It's not that the child wont listen and believe, it's that he can't comprehend it. So why would he be sent to hell for that?
God bless!!
Philippians 4:13
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