Okay. I keep hearing of this "age of accountablity," yet I've never run across that in the Bible.
Where is it, exactly?
First of all where in world are your children going to get such a papar, move them now!
Secondly, children are born into sin (not understanding sin yet), they are protected of God until age of accountability. Which is debatable (some say age 11 or 12, some earlier), near age of Jewish Barmitsva or Catechism for Catholics, and if anything happens to them they are under God's holy protection. He begins to deal with them around the age of accountability( developing a conscience), when they begin to know that what they are doing is very wrong.
Anyone who condemns them at an early age, is terribly mislead. There should never be condemnation of children. YOu are right, when you say come as a little child, it is speaking of innocent of knowledge of wrongdoing....but in faith believing.
I have two grandchildren, one was baptized at age 8 and accepted Christ two years before at age 6. I have just baptized the younger one at age 7...but he accepted Jesus at age 4. He needed more time to understand what it meant, as at age 4 they are just doing it to please parent, brother or grandparent...they have no real understanding of right and wrong of sin. I believe in helping them find faith early and get them baptised, if you have to do it yourself, providing you are a christian yourself. It is a protection for them as they grow older and a covering, much like being dedicated to Lord which can be done at same time as baptism. It will draw them back later if they stray from faith.
God never uses condemnation, that is of devil...wherever your grandchild got that paper will hurt them more than help them with that attitude. If it is daycare, find another one...they have just become religious bondage and will stress all the negatives instead of positives of God's kingdom. God is first and foremost LOVE, MERCY, FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION, he minors in judgment, wrath and destroying the evil from among us.
Okay. I keep hearing of this "age of accountablity," yet I've never run across that in the Bible.
Where is it, exactly?
What is the biblical support for this age of accountability theory? I see no scriptural basis for such a teaching.
Prove an age of accountability.
This is a phantom doctrine of some Christians who don't want to think of five-year-olds in hell, but it has not even a shred of Scriptural evidence.
You are teaching the doctrine of men instead of God.
I take it you do not believe in Hell? Or just Hell for kids? I ask seriously, as you seem to be downplaying the punishment and condemnation part of God, which, as we all know, does in fact exist.
