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- MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"The Salvation Of Babies Who Die""
PART 1
PART 2
"Some of you who tuned into the Larry King Show, a week ago Saturday, will remember that
Larry fired a question to me on the air--it came out of nowhere--a question that reveals a
nagging, troubling issue in the human heart. He asked me, "What about a two-year-old baby
crushed at the bottom of the World Trade Center?" I answered, "Instant heaven." He replied with
another question: "Wasn't a sinner?" I again answered, "Instant heaven." That's a compelling
question: what about a baby crushed at the bottom of the Trade Center? What about any baby
that dies? It's an agonizing question. It's a question that plagues Christians and non-Christians
alike: "What happens to babies that die?" All kinds of strange answers have been offered in the
past. We don't need to deal with those; we need to know the right answer. I said, "Instant
heaven," and what was my authority for saying that? In a sound-byte environment like that, I
didn't have time for an explanation and he didn't ask for one. But, you deserve one so I'm going to
tell you why I said what I said."
- SPURGEON, CHARLES H.1834-1892
"Infant Salvation"
Now, let every mother and father here present know assuredly that it is well with the child, if God
hath taken it away from you in its infant days. You never heard its declaration of faith, it was not
capable of such a thing, it was not baptized into the Lord Jesus Christ, not buried with him in
baptism; it was not capable of giving that 'answer of a good conscience towards God;'
nevertheless, you may rest assured that it is well with the child, well in a higher and a better sense
than it is well with yourselves; well without limitation, well without exception, well infinitely,
'well' eternally."
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