you are born in sin.
you have be absolved of that sin in order to go to heaven.
how does a newborn get absolved of the original sin they are born with?
God is a LOVE.
God is a loving, merciful and gracious God, not an unholy, hateful tyrant.
A baby until it reaches the age of knowing right and wrong upon death goes to heaven...God does not damn anyone who is not able to even understand the choice.
You are not familiar with original sin then?
Yes, I am familiar with what THE BIBLE teaches about original sin, and with the man-made teachings of John Calvin.
THE BIBLE says:
1) God created us perfect, body, soul and spirit. Genesis chpts. 1 & 2
2) Man fell by CHOOSING tom sin rather than lovingly obey God. Genesis chpt. 3.
3) ALL since then are born in a fallen, sinful state. Romans 3:10-18, 23 & Romans 6:12-23.
4) BUT God is NOT only all knowing HE IS ALL LOVING, AGAPE LOVE. John 3:16 & Romans 5:1-8.
5) God sent forth HIS Son while WE were still sinners to die in OUR place. II Corinthians 5:17-21.
6) And now extends the invitation to ALL to come to HIM through The Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:16; John 3:31, 32, 36; John 14:6; Revelation 22:17-21, see here:
Revelation 22:17-21 King James Version (KJV)
17 And t
he Spirit and the bride say, Come. And
let him that heareth say, Come. And
let him that is athirst come. And
whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
7) And God in HIS knowledge and in HIS love and grace KNOWS when each infant has reached the age that they understand and can CHOOSE HIM...do you believe a God of limitless, boundless, infinite LOVE actually DAMNS babies to hell BEFORE they can even understand to CHOOSE?
Tell us, why should the sins of the father become the sins of the sons, and beyond?
Exodus 20:4-6 (NIV)
4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; f
or I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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You do know that that passage is talking about as a people, a nation, that if one generation sins/does wickedly then there are consequenxes that even the children must endure. We're seeing that in America now. The hippie-dippie, doper, Commies of the '60's and '70's have raised kids, who raised kids to be as bad if not worse than them (I speak generally). And we are seeing the fruit of that. Sow to the wind, reap the whirlwind.
Hosea 8:7 King James Version (KJV)
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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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This does NOT mean that if an older generation/parents sin that the child/children are damned because of their parents sin(s).
Ezekiel 18:1-20King James Version (KJV)
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The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
3
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5
But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly;
he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
10
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
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And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live?
he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
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Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
15 That hath
not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath
not defiled his neighbour's wife,
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Neither hath oppressed any, hath
not withholden the pledge,
neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes;
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
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The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
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-Rev. Larry Wallenmeyer.