I think it's a step too far for us to say that believer's child who dies in infancy is elect, unquestionably. If this is true, we should all kill our children as soon as they shoot out of the womb.

I know Dr. Sproul has taken this position, but I don't think he's correct in doing so. I rather think that we can take confort in the fact that God is sovereign and good and that those children dying in infancy have no other option than to depend on the Holy Lord of the universe. That fact conforts me. Even if my child died, I would know God would act judiciously and just with regard to their position before Him, as He would with me.

At the end of it all, have we any reason to answer back to God for Him damning our children or electing them? They deserve either as much as we do. It's a hard pill to swallow but it's the truth.

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Andrew DeShazo, Deacon, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
"All of us stumble in many ways, but if anyone is never at fault in what he says, then he is mature, able to control his whole body."(James 3:2)