Bible Questions Answered:
“Do kids that haven't received Christ
go to hell?...”
Tracy/ Seattle, Washington U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
No, and here are 7 Biblical reasons why.
1)
Little children of the Israelites who
rebelled in the wilderness, were not barred from entering the
promised land!
Deuteronomy 1: 39 KJV
"Moreover your little ones and
your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no
knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will
give it and they shall possess it"
2)
David believed that his dead child was
safe in the hands of God.
II Samuel 12:22-23 KJV
"So he said, 'While the child
was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who can tell whether
The Lord will be gracious to me,
that the child may live? But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I
bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to
me"
3)
Ezekiel 16 describes Jerusalem's sin of
sacrificing their little children to the fiery Moabite god, Moloch.
Ezekiel 16: 20-21 NLT
20 “Then you took your sons and
daughters—the children you had borne to Me—and sacrificed them to
your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?
21 Must you also slaughter My
children by sacrificing them to idols?
Almighty God, called the burnt little
ones, "MY CHILDREN." They were forever His!
Aborted babies, are forever with The
Lord!
4)
Unsympathetic Jonah.
Jonah 4:10,11 MSG
10-11 God said, “What’s this?
How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger
overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You
neither planted nor watered it. It grew up one night and died the
next night. So, why can’t I likewise change what I feel about
Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than 120,000
childlike people who don’t yet know right from wrong, to say
nothing of all the innocent animals?”
5)
Lost Israel/ Lost Children:
Jeremiah 31:15-17 NLT
15 This is what The Lord says: “A
cry is heard in Ramah— deep anguish and bitter weeping. Rachel
weeps for her children, refusing to be
comforted— for her children are gone.”
16 But now this is what The Lord
says: “Do not weep any longer, for I will reward you,” says
The Lord. “Your children will
come back to you from the distant land of the enemy.
17 There is hope for your
future,” says The Lord. “Your children will come again to
their own land.
The northern tribes of Israel were
carried off by the Assyrians, leaving (Metamorphically speaking)
Rachel weeping for her children.
Our Lord used this story when referring
to Herod"s slaughter of 2 year old children ...
Matthew 2:18 KJV
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he
was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
“ There is hope for your
future,” says The Lord. “Your children will come again”
6)
Jesus And Children:
Matthew 18:1-6 KJV
1 At the same time came the
disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child
unto Him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye
shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such
little child in My name receiveth Me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of
these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him
that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned
in the depth of the sea.
7)
Countless souls Rejoicing In Heaven:
Revelation 7:9,10 KJV
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a
great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and
before The Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice,
saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto
The Lamb.
Reformed Theologian Charles Hodge,
speaking of this verse, maintained that the number was so large
because many, many, many were innocent children, whom God in His
mercy and love had taken.
How carefully we must regard children!
Matthew 18:5 KJV
And whoso shall receive one such
little child in My name receiveth Me.
Matthew 25:40 KJV
And The King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.
