The death of an infant or young child is profoundly heartbreaking –
perhaps the greatest grief a parent is called to bear. For Christian
parents, there is the sure knowledge that our sovereign and merciful
God is in control, but there is also a pressing question: Is our baby
in heaven?
This is a natural and unavoidable question, calling for our most
careful and faithful biblical study and theological reflection. The
unspeakable anguish of a parent's heart demands our honest and humble
searching of the Scriptures.
Some are quick to answer this question out of sentimentality.
Of course infants go to heaven, they argue, for how could God refuse a
precious little one? The Universalist has a quick answer, for he
believes that everyone will go to heaven.
Some persons may simply
suggest that elect infants go to heaven, while the non-elect do not,
and must suffer endless punishment. Each of these easy answers is
unsatisfactory.
Mere sentimentalism ignores the Bible’s teaching which bears on the
issue. We have no right to establish doctrine on the basis of what we
hope may be true. We must draw our answers from what the Bible reveals to be true. Keep Reading >>>
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