![]() They are graciously and sovereignly saved by God as part of the atoning work of Christ Jesus.” 2 As John MacArthur wrote: “Little children have no record of unbelief or evil works, and therefore, there is no basis for their deserving an eternity apart from God. Let’s ask this question: “What must a person do to be lost?”Īnswer: They must refuse the free offer of God’s saving grace.Ĭhildren too young to know and understand the gospel cannot willfully reject it. This second reason has to do with the condition for salvation. There’s another reason why children go straight to heaven when they die-and why they will be raptured into Jesus’ arms if they are living when He comes back. The character of God lays the foundation for the realization that children who cannot understand the gospel are enveloped within the grace and mercy of our Lord. ![]() That does not mean children are “sinless.” Instead, they are not yet responsible for their sins in the same way as those whose sins are willful and premeditated. On a number of occasions God refers to these little ones as “innocents” (Jer. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Accordingly, God knows and loves the unborn baby, even in the womb.įor you formed my inward parts You covered me in my Mother’s womb. Furthermore, according to Scripture, life begins from the moment of conception. The Bible teaches that God knows and loves children with special tender care. The word children appears more than fifty times in the Gospels alone. He loves the children, and He delights in the babies He has created. ![]() He knows that little children cannot comprehend the truth of the gospel. He knows, as we do, that babies cannot understand the witness of God, either in creation or in Scripture. If God is good to all, that would surely include infants and if His tender mercies are over all His works, that would certainly include children. Psalm 145:9 says, “The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.” He carries us through tough patches like a father carrying his son. God is full of compassion, tenderness, and mercy. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.” There’s a tender passage describing God’s fathering love in Deuteronomy 1:29–31: “Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. He is, as Jesus put it, “our Father in heaven” (Matt. He isn’t simply a distant force in the universe. Scripture calls Him our Father, and that ought to tell us something. The Bible is full of information about the nature of God-His character, personality, and attributes. Thankfully, Scripture gives us four solid reasons for believing that children who die-and children who are living when the Rapture occurs-will go straight to heaven. What happens to children when they die is the key to understanding what will happen to them should they be living on earth when the Rapture takes place. ![]() Namely, what will happen to young children on the day of the Rapture? What will happen to those little ones who are too young to make a decision about eternity when eternity crashes into our world? Does the Bible offer any clarity for parents and grandparents-any hope? No matter how long I live, I’m confident I will never plumb the depth of a child’s imagination, nor of a child’s faith.īut Wyatt’s desire to see his father in heaven raises an interesting and important connection with the subject of this book. I don’t know if I’ve heard anything more touching than a boy packing his bag-with two gloves, not one-to meet his father on a trip to heaven. Last of all, Ashley found a bottle of her husband’s cologne tucked deep inside Wyatt’s shoe.
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