I can reject and dismiss any child's application for Church membership, because there's no such thing as a mature child. I've never heard of a mature child, have you. The Lord Jesus Christ was still Jehovah God at the age of 12, when He taught in the Synagogue. So you can't use Him as an example.
Why do you refuse a child's application for membership in the church?What's the reason?Because you have the right.Please explain your reasons in detail.
The question of what happens to unbaptized children if they die, is disputed in the Church. Some denominations say they can't go to heaven because their sin was not washed away in baptism. Other denominations believe that God overlooks the fact that they haven't been baptized and allows them entry into heaven regardless.This makes me wonder. Do you think children who haven't reached the age of accountability will not go to heaven if they die before that or won't be raptured when Jesus returns?
Either way, I think it's important for mothers to teach their children about Jesus at the earliest age possible. (Infants can hear their mother around the 26th week for example so it would be good if they hear Mom pray to Jesus aloud and read the Bible out loud to them regularly while the fetus is developing). Young children are more accepting of Jesus and His ways at early ages.
The way you talk about your church, even if you don't see the children of church members as being part of the church, you do STILL teach them about Jesus right???
God will raise up willing women to do what God wants. His work won't be stopped just because no man will step up. That should shame the men! I think feminization of the church has also encouraged the men to become lax.
God gave me the right to deny children Church membership. Why didn't God chose any children to join the Church when He established it.
That verse is utterly irrelevant, you shouldn't pluck Bible verses out of their intended context and twist them to support your private view.
He welcomes children into the church and knows they are sanctified by believing parents. He simply is saying that by and large they are not part of the church universal consisting of only believers.
I'm still waiting for a single shred of evidence to support the private views and strange interpretations of those who think that a Child can be mature enough to become a member of the Body of Christ. There is absolutely zero Biblical evidence to support your theory.15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were [a]indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
Hate to break it to ya Charlie, but you are not reminding me of the Good Guy in this passage.
Also, Samuel was referred to as a "boy" when God spoke to him in the temple with a very strong message for Eli, who was much older than Samuel but had disobeyed God. Age does not always bring wisdom, obedience, or maturity.
First of all, I respect your understanding.If a child represents humility,So what made you refuse humility？
I guess that maybe it is best to seek the Spirit for each individual situation then? Little denomination distinctions and add-ons are cookie-cutter solutions that cause more trouble than they fix. Jesus Himself was accused of being a rule-breaker on several occasions. Holiness and righteousness are of the heart, not the handbook.
I thought we put this to bed already. I mentioned in my last reply, that God can't apply for membership in the Church because He is the Church.
