ArchivedThis might not be sensitive.God is the Judge. As Abraham said, "Shall not the Judge of the whole earth do right?" And, as Jesus reminded us, God judges the heart. There are a good many times when we have no idea of the state of a person's heart in God's eyes. There is an interesting note here. In the wilderness, when the Israelites were being led to the Promised Land, they rebelled so many times that the Lord finally declared that the adult generation would die in the wilderness and only their children would be allowed into the Promised Land. The age breakoff given by God is interesting: 20 years old. Now we know teens rebel. And I personally have no doubt in my mind that a good many of those teens grew up with rebellious parents and even joined in their rebellions. Yet God did not hold them spiritually accountable. There is an argument, therefore, that based on this and similar in the Bible, that there is an 'age of accountability' and it is about 20 years old. We know physically that the brains of teenagers are literally getting rewired. They are undergoing physiological changes which involve the breaking of some neural pathways and the establishment of others. It is not until about 20 years old, as well, that a person stops doing things because of peer pressure, or grades, or fear of punishment, or whatever and begins doing things because of a sense of right and wrong for the sake of right or wrong. If this holds, then there is also a valid argument that NO person under that age goes to hell. Therefore Anne Frank would be in heaven. This can be argued back and forth, and we won't know for sure until we ourselves are in heaven -- those of us who will be there. But Jesus said the children are His. When does childhood end? Just some thoughts. God is fully just. He is also fully merciful. Romans 1 says His anger is poured out on those who consciously suppress the truth they are in contact with. And He is the only one who knows the whole story there. |
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