I actually know a child named Greg Stillinger who could read words by phonics at age 2. He is a very exceptional child. I think these matters should be left to the individuals parents to discern before the Lord and their Elders / Pastors. To set a definite age limit on such a thing is futile. The playing field is not level. I expected my children to grow up and learn their ABCs before they could read and write. And I started teaching them there was a God with whom they will have to deal with as humans at the same time. I also told them of His love for sinners. I admonished them to call upon God and seek him from the earliest days that they can remember. I believe I obeyed Christ in this. My Children have credible professions of faith. They have been baptised.
Children and men everywhere should be admonished in the Lord. Not everyone can understand or deal with facts figures at the same precise time as other men can. We all grow up differently and are capable of different things. Our talents and IQ's differ. But God's calling comes when he chooses.
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(Rom 10:5) For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
(Rom 10:6) But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above
(Rom 10:7) Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
(Rom 10:8) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
(Rom 10:9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
(Rom 10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
(Rom 10:11) For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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If a child is exceptional that is discernible also. The parents and Elders of a child can and do evaluate. God gives wisdom.