Comments on: Is there such a thing as the Age of Accountability?

By: Troy Hannon

Troy Hannon — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:33:56 +0000

Surely the commands that God/Jesus expect us to obey must be first understood to be obeyed. A new born can not understand what is required of it. You must become a disciple of Jesus and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins AFTER you have repented. Can a baby or young child do that? Clearly not. God is the judge, not us, so in this topic of opinion we should not be dogmatic. Do not go beyond what is written and use the power of reasoning which God gave us. Reading the Bible makes clear that overall it is about the relationship (grace given us), not strict rules (works in a sense), which God desires from us. So let us continue to reason together…

By: Pastor Dan

Pastor Dan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:35:34 +0000

Babies, infants, children, etc. are not excused from eternal damnation just because they don’t understand. “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.” (Romans 3:10-12) What age group is this verse talking about? ALL age groups. The Bible is clear that it is not about understanding that saves you, but by faith alone. How then is faith produced in the infant, the baby, etc? By the Holy Spirit through faith alone in and through Baptism, that’s how. Baptism is not water alone, but the Word of God with the water. It’s not a true Baptism without the Word of God. Read this closely: “Baptism NOW SAVES YOU…” (1 Peter 3:21) “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17) “He who believes and is Baptized will be saved.” (Mark 16:16) “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38) “Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” (Romans 6:3-4) We can now live a new life at any age. We are commanded to Baptize “all nations” according to Matthew 28:19-20. What age group is in this phrase “all nations”? All ages! None are excluded. How can a baby believe? Simple: by the same Holy Spirit that caused you and me as adults to believe. Just because they don’t communicate in adult forms of words and phrases does not mean that the Holy Spirit is not in them to produce faith and enable them to believe for eternity. It’s up to Him, not us. We just do what we are told and He takes care of it all. In Jesus’ Name….Amen!

By: Janelle Graves

Janelle Graves — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:13:43 +0000

To be saved you have to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, A baby or young child cannot believe. You have to hear the Word of God, you have to repent from your sins, you have to confess your faith in Christ, a baby or young child can do none of these. The Lord would not leave a plan of salvation that someone in sin could not obey.

By: Ksamp

Ksamp — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:54:45 +0000

God cannot even exist with sin, so bottom line is if someone deny’s Him, He will deny that person. Is a baby capable of sinning and “denying” God? I don’t think so. He is an all loving, merciful, gentle God and “Father” so I doubt He would send His own newborn creation to hell.

By: joel

joel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:38:02 +0000

It is sad when Christians just believe what they hear from like a pastor or someone that is supposed to have all the answers. The fact of the matter is God is the ultimate judge and he is a jealous God and he hates sin soo much. It is hard to believe that God would not accept a baby into his kingdom if they die at birth but that fact of the matter is who cares what we think it is whatever God says. None of us deserve to enter God’s kingdom but through His grace we have been chosen to enter God’s wonderful Heaven.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:28:13 +0000

The age of accountability is twenty, it is given three times in the “Old Testament”, once in Numbers 14:28-30, the other two I will leave you to find :o)

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:28:42 +0000

I believe that there is no certain age of accountability for anyone. It comes different with every child. The longer you’ve been in church the earlier it comes. I’ve been raised in the church all of my life. I’m now 18 years old and believe that I’ve reached the age of accountability years ago. I still live with my mom and she still makes me go to church with her even though I’m 18. Please leave your opinion and book and verse of what you think.

By: Chad Alvey

Chad Alvey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:38:05 +0000

Jo Jones, JESUS Himself stated that HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE, the ONLY way to the FATHER ins through HIM. Trust in JESUS as the CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD and except HIM as YOUR personal LORD and SAVIOR. And everything else is just semantics. Don’t miss the forest through the tree’s my friend.

By: Chad Alvey

Chad Alvey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:32:15 +0000

I believe you are correct in what you said Sue but not completely. Jesus was 100% God and 100% man (yes I know it’s an impossibility “by our rules”) but I believe it’s an interpretation issue. We are all born from the blood line of Adam and Eve, which means we are born with the natural tendency to toward sin. James 4:17 clearly defines sin as:
Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
God lists for us several sins in the bible but that does not mean these are the only sins (ex…He doesn’t mention dinosaurs either but we know they existed). Also, if we are not aware that they are sin does that still make it sin? This can go several directions and I welcome everyone’s thoughts but I whole-heartedly and prayerfully believe that everyone is born with a “guilty conscious/some portion of the Holy Spirit” but we have to reach a certain maturity before it “really” has an effect. I had a cousin who’s father beat him into retardation when he was 3. He lived to 35 years old and never mentally matured past that of a 5 year old. Even though he lied on a few occasions as children will do, if you were to tell me he is anywhere but in the arms of Jesus right now I would argue with you for days. Above all God is Just and there is no justice in punishing someone eternally for breaking a law they had no mental capacity to understand that it existed.

By: Sue Lucas

Sue Lucas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:18:50 +0000

In Response to Linda Bryant. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit not by a human man. That is the difference between Jesus’ birth and ours. That is why Jesus was without sin from birth.