I agree with Pilgrim’s post. I will just add that “if” mankind knew all infants without exception were elect then that would change the face of evangelism for some. Our abortion clinics would be full—for in murdering infants they would be definitely sending them to heaven. However, God does not look at the murder of infants as “good.” He punished Israel for partaking in child sacrifices (Leviticus 18:21; 2 Kings 16:2-3; 17:7, 16-18; Jeremiah 32:35, et. al.).

Can God save an infant? Of course, He can. However, we are not guaranteed that He elected each and everyone in His eternal counsel and it would be very presumptuous to think He did with such texts as Romans 9:13, 15, 18, 21 and 22. Remember, “The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies” (Psalm 58:3) and you were “called a transgressor from the womb” (Isaiah 48:8).

Reformed and Always Reforming,