I hope you’ve all benefited as much as I have from Jesse’s posts over the last few days
regarding the eternal destiny of infants who die before they reach
maturity. The persistently biblical emphasis—i.e., getting into the
texts—has been a breath of fresh air regarding an extremely sensitive
topic that is supercharged with emotion. The “cumulative case” approach
to this issue is wise, because, even as he said, if you disagree with a
particular interpretation of a particular verse, there are certainly
others that are unmistakable. And the weight of all the biblical data
bears on your conclusion.
However, the implications of this issue are so broad that not even
three consecutive blog posts full of comments on twenty-six particular
passages of Scripture from both Testaments proves exhaustive. There are
other questions to be answered. One of our commenters asked one of these
questions, broaching an issue that he himself deemed “an elephant in
the room.” I want to take some time today to address his question, not
at all because I want to give him a hard time but because I think having
a clarifying answer to this question can be helpful for all of us—not
only as we consider the topic of infant salvation but also the doctrine
of salvation in general. He asks: Read answer HERE
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