Universal Infant Salvation and Reformed Baptists
Kuhs argues against the common Reformed Baptist doctrine of universal infant salvation, contending that it is biblically unfounded and inconsistent with the doctrines of original sin and God's sovereign election. The article provides exegetical critique of the "age of accountability" doctrine and defends a more rigorous Reformed understanding of election and depravity as it pertains to infants who die before conversion.
Manuel Kuhs Does the Bible teach that all babies go to heaven? And, if not, why should we believe that our children who die in infancy are saved? Most Baptists and even many Calvinistic Baptists, such as John Piper,1 John MacArthur2 and Charles Spurgeon,3 teach that all children that die in infancy go to heaven, where infancy is extended to anyone under the “age of accountability.”4 In other words, they teach a universal salvation for children. This doctrine certainly appeals to all of us,...