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QUESTION: Does not the Bible teach that children can also be received into the covenant of God’s grace since they can believe (Matthew 18:1-6)?

ANSWER: This passage does not teach that sinful children are received into God’s grace upon the condition of “faith only” in Christ! Jesus is teaching here that sinful man cannot enter the kingdom of God unless he becomes as (like) a little child in disposition and character! Nothing more, nothing less! Any one (adult or child) who is capable of believing may be baptized in order to be saved (Mark 16:16). Since Matthew eighteen is talking about “little ones” capable of believing (vs.6), one must be careful not to use the passage to support a false doctrine relative to infants. Certainly, we can see the difference between newly born infants incapable of believing and “little ones” capable of believing!


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