Thanks for making my point about how paedobaptists read that passage.  :-)

Chad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: julian kennedy
To: soundofgrace@...
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Infant Salvation


      'Of such is the kingdom of heaven'.....of such children is the kingdom
or of such faith are these are they who are in the kingdom .....either way
seems clear to me those little kids were in the kingdom! Out of the mouths of
babes and sucklings!
      Julian

      -------Original Message-------

      From: soundofgrace@...
      Date: 27 December 2003 16:46:10
      To: soundofgrace@...
      Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Infant Salvation

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: "Chris Arnzen" <carnzen@...>
      >and if our Lord told
      > us "let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for
the
      > kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14, Mark
10:16),
      > many brethren, even Calvinists, believe that is sufficient proof of
the
      fact
      > that very little children and infants won't be there (even though they
do
      > deserve to be there, as we all do whether we're elect or not).

      For one who seems to take every precaution against paedobaptistic
arguments,
      I'm surprised you appealed to these passages.

      The word "such" is an indicator that Christ is not talking about
children,
      but those who have child-like faith - which was the context of his
statement
      (Mark 10:15).

      Chad Bresson
      Xenia, OH





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