TRULY, THIS ONLY I HAVE FOUND:

THAT GOD MADE MAN UPRIGHT,

BUT THEY HAVE SOUGHT OUT MANY SCHEMES.

ECC. 7:29INNOCENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

THE INFANT BAPTISM ARGUMENT

• ORIGINAL SIN?• ROMANS 5:12-14

• LYDIA’S HOUSEHOLD WAS BAPTIZED • ACTS 16:15

• “BAPTISM IS GIVEN FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS; AND ACCORDING TO THE USAGE OF THE CHURCH, BAPTISM IS GIVEN EVEN TO INFANTS.”•  W. A. JURGENS, THE FAITH OF THE EARLY FATHERS

 (LITURGICAL PRESS 1970), VOL. 1, P. 209).

THE SCRIPTURAL INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN

• GOD HAS NEVER HELD THE SOUL OF A CHILD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF HIS OR HER PARENTS• EZEKIEL 18:19• DEUTERONOMY 1:39

• PAUL WAS ALIVE ONCE WITHOUT THE LAW• ROMANS 7:7-12

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

AGE OF CONVICTION

• ONE OF THE PRIMARY ROLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGEMENT• JOHN 16:5-11

• JOSEPH WAS CONVICTED – GENESIS 37:2• DAVID WAS CONVICTED – 1 SAMUEL 17:26• JOSIAH WAS CONVICTED – 2ND CHRONICLES 34:3• DANIEL WAS CONVICTED – DANIEL 1:8• ESTHER WAS CONVICTED – ESTHER 4:15