Sehoy, did you even read my entire first post? I already said that I would never, ever, tell a woman who lost her baby that the child was not in Heaven. That's not my place. But apparently I'm elevating Scripture to too high of a position, as no one seems to really care what the Bible actually says about the issue, except Pete. I mean, it's only divine revelation. That's not that important I guess.
And Pete, God is loving, but His nature is also absolute. The Bible makes it clear that the unregenerate cannot be in God's presence. If the child has inherited a sin nature, meaning it is an inherent, fundamental part of his nature, then he is unregenerate, regardless of whether he has sinned or not. Through Adam's one sin, we all became sinners.
Honest to God, I really, really want someone to prove to me on the basis of Scripture that young children automatically go to Heaven. I want to be able to say I know that for sure. But I hold Scripture in too high of a light to simply disregard what it says because of my personal feelings. I hate the fact that people go to Hell at all, and I wish God's nature would allow unregenerate people into eternity with Him. But Scripture makes it clear that that is not the case, and I am left having to accept it. Scripture does not seem to make clear what happens to children when they die, good or bad, but I can't just assume one way or the other.
