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Response:

The Bible says nothing about an age of accountability. It is a phrase that is used to attempt to explain Biblical teaching (like the word "trinity" or the word "rapture"). The fact that the phrase does not appear does not destroy the concept.

If David's child was with the Lord, then God in His grace did not hold him accountable for his sin nature. Therefore, there must be some point up to which God does not hold children accountable. Where is that point? There are any number of options, most of which have problems. It could be at a certain age, but all children develop mentally at different rates, and some handicapped folks never develop at all! Therefore, I don't think it is a specific age. It could be at the point in time when a child rejects Christ. However, we know that those who have never heard the Gospel are still responsible before God (Rom 1:20). Therefore, a person does not have to reject Christ to go to Hell. It can not be when a person begins to sin, for infants are conceived in sin and sin immediately.

My guess (and that is all it is) would be that it happens around the point where a child chooses what he is going to trust in for salvation. He may not know the terms, but he knows right from wrong, and he knows that he is accountable to Someone. At that point he may become accountable.

The Bible says virtually nothing on this subject. I believe our response to this issue should be to teach our children Biblical truth about Christ and salvation from birth on, so that when they are able to have a God and sin consciousness, they will understand the need to be saved.

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Dr Mark Montgomery
Ambassador Baptist Church
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