Are Those Who Die in Infancy Saved?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. Those who die in infancy are saved. They are safe in Christ and go to be with the Lord.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus received little children and said, “of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14; Mark 10:14). He did not say “maybe,” but plainly identified the Kingdom with them.
- David, after his infant died, said, “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me” (2 Samuel 12:23). David expected to meet that child in peace, not in judgment.
- 1 John 2:1-2, covers the little children who have not reached the age to decide for themselves."My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
- God acknowledges little ones who “have no knowledge of good and evil” (Deuteronomy 1:39) and shows compassion toward those who cannot discern (Jonah 4:11).
- The ground of this mercy is the cross: “As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22). The abundance of grace through the One Man, Jesus Christ, overflows beyond Adam’s fall (Romans 5:15–19).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- We are all born in a fallen nature, but God is a righteous Judge. He does not condemn a soul that never had the capacity to understand, repent, or believe. The Bible says He does right (Genesis 18:25).
- Infants are covered by the Blood of Christ. When one comes to accountability, then he must personally receive the Saviour.
- Jesus identified the Kingdom with little children. David expected reunion with his child. That settles it: their place is with the Lord.
4) Reinforcing Statement
Now notice, the comfort of Scripture is sure: your little one is with Christ. You will go to them. God’s mercy has provided it through the finished work of Jesus Christ.
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God's Provided Way
53-1201 §6
And I tell you parents, you put the right kind of a home before your children. That's the thing to do. Because if I'd had a Christian home I'd been reared in, perhaps I'd have been farther along with our Lord Jesus tonight and more people had been saved. But my people was not a religious family. And God just had by His amazing grace, to save me. And then, since then, I've led several of them to the Lord. I baptized my mother, my father gave his heart to Christ, died in my arms. My grandfather, I baptized him at nea...
Questions and Answers
61-1015M §25
But now, "Will these who have not [Let me read this to be sure it's right, see.] ... concerning other baptisms, are they saved or not? Also those that have gone on and never received the light?" Well, I believe strictly that God called His people, and ordained His church and all those that would be there, before the foundation of the world. I believe the Bible teaches that. And I believe that every man that loves God with all of his heart will seek after truth. I believe that, that they'll do that. Every man that l...
God making His promise
56-1209A §4
A real, born-again child of God looks to heaven and knows the Father holds the reigns of all things. He does all things well. And there's neither death nor sorrow for a Christian. Christians don't die. There's not one Scripture that says a Christian dies, very vice-versa. Jesus said, "He couldn't die if you believed on Him." So he has no death. And that is the greatest thing that put fear over man, was death. And Jesus died for us, and death is swallowed up in victory. So when coming to the end of the road, like Sa...
Questions and Answers on Hebrews, part 2
57-1002 §39
So, it had to take One that was not guilty, to do it. And the only One that wasn't guilty was God Himself. And God had to come down and become man (and He came in the form of Christ) to anchor the stinger of death, to take the sting of death out, to redeem us, that we ... not by our works or by our goodness (we have none), but by His grace, to be saved. Then we receive of His life into this mortal body, and now we are sons and daughters of God, and have eternal life within us. We are sons and daughters of God. Ther...
Believing God
52-0224 §37
You get what I mean? Then in there is a spirit, and from there is your immortal life. Then, "A man that's born of the Spirit of God does not commit sin." You get the Scripture straightened out then. If he, if ... "The worshiper once purged has no more desire of sin, or no more conscience of it." In the Old Testament, the worshiper come in and offered his sacrifice, went back out with the same desire to sin. But here, here it is, get it, Hebrews said, "When the worshiper, in this case, who puts his hands on the Son...