It seems this board likes to tread lightly on issues they do not believe Scripture plainly reveals. This is a strong point, and I congratulate all those who responed with dignity, respect, honor, and meekness; truly these qualities alone reveal your characters loudly.The Scriptures reveal to us concerning the fate of children when they die. Jesus tells us many places in the Gospels to allow little children to come to Him, for the Kingdom of God is made for them. In order to even enter the Kingdom, you must become like a child. This tells me that all children, regardless of religious background, will be in heaven.Now, concerning the question of "age of accountability," there are no clear references or passages in Scripture that even declare the doctrine of this "age," nor can I truly find anything to refute it either. However, from what I have been taught (not from God, but from man, whatever this may be worth) and believe that once a child receives an order they purposely disobey, or receives a law from either conscience or parent or authority figure that they consciously disobey, disregarding consequences for the sake of personal satisfaction or other individual's sake, they have committed sin and are found guilty before God, by which they will then need at least the atoning sacrifice of Christ for the remission of sins acted. All children require the second Adam's sacrifice for the atonement of the Adamic curse of death, however, Jesus Christ's death on the cross is only effectual for sins only when they are committed. Now, I understand this may sound Pelagian, but I do believe that children still need the sacrifice of Christ in order to deal with the curse of Adam; I do believe also that the sacrifice of Christ for the remission of sins can only take place once sins have been actually committed. Sin is the trangression of the law, and where there is no law, then there is no sin; therefore, if a child does not comprehend law, then that child cannot consciously act against that law. However, the law of God is written upon our hearts; whether this is done at birth or not, I do not know: if so, then my whole belief system must be escorted out the door of my heart and be replaced by the truth of the word of God as revealed by His Spirit (for of no private interpretation can any Scripture be read). If there is no law, then there is no sin; a child by nature will tend towards disobedience if left to itself, so law naturally will bring them to Christ, and if they disobey that law willfully, then the law has done its job, bringing guilt and condemnation upon the child once the understanding of guilt and sin has been revealed, which now requires the use of a Savior. Can a child live without sin its entire life? Of course not; nothing on earth can do that, except for a virgin birth, which already has been accomplished. Hopefully, I have answered any contentions that might arise from such a response, and if I may have left anything out, I am absolutely sure I will be notified as soon as this is posted. Praise the LORD Jesus Christ, the risen Son of God!Love, In Christ Jesus,DannyPS Pelagius is a heretic with a crooked view of redemption; all have sinned and fallen short, and the response is to the question of the period of when the actual age of accountability begins, which my answer would be, "The age of accountabiliy begins at the time whenever the child willfully disobeys a clear command given by God, parent, or other authority figure regardless of consequence."
