The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Are those who die young always part of the elect?

I know this because it is one of the most perspicuous doctrines of Scripture and of the Reformed Faith; also known as "Unconditional Election". Only those who have been chosen by God to share in the salvation wrought by Christ are saved. There are only two groups of people in the world; those who are elected to salvation and those who have been predestined to eternal punishment. A remnant makes up the former and the vast majority of the race of mankind the other.

Since you deny that unborn infants and/or babies are not any more "deserving" than any other individual, to which I unreservedly agree, then God is certainly under no obligation to save any of them. They are deserving of eternal punishment only as is all of mankind. Since the Scriptures do speak of a few individuals who were regenerated in the womb, albeit they are the rare exception, it does show that unborn infants can be saved should they die before birth or as infants.

Only the elect receive salvation. It is impossible that a non-elect can be saved. For to be "non-elect" is synonymous with to be "reprobate", i.e., predestined to eternal punishment.

You are certainly free to believe what you want on this subject. But unfortunately, you don't have a biblical leg to stand on in its defense. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/sorry.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,