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Finding Grace in our Greatest Grief: The Position of Children in Grace (Matt 18:1-14) - Romans chapter 5 - JS Gillespie  

What happens when a child dies?

Where does a dead child go?

Is a child who dies saved or lost?

Do all dead children go to heaven?

These and other questions pertaining to the death of a child we wish to answer from what the Bible says and from what the Lord Jesus taught.

The position of children in Grace: 

Far greater and completely different from their position before: 

  • The law 
  • Roman and Greek society 
  • The disciples 

 

There is perhaps no section that deals with children which turns our thinking…

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Finding God's Grace Greater than our Grief: The Pictures of Grace to a Child (Roms 5:12; 2 Sam 12:20-25; 1Kings 17:18ff; 2Kings 4; Mk5) - J Stewart Gillespie  

What happens when a child dies? 

Where does a dead child go? 

Is a child who dies saved or lost? 

Is there any hope for such a child who dies before an age of understanding?

Do all dead children go to heaven? 

These and other questions pertaining to the death of a child we wish to answer from what the Bible says and from what the Lord Jesus taught, in this bible study and in the messages from Romans chapter 5 where we address this topic in detail.

With respect to the salvation of a child and God's provision…

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'Children: Pictures of Hope and Possessors of Heaven' - Romans chapter 5 - JS Gillespie  

Part of our series from Romans chapter 5 on what the bible says on the destiny of the child who dies.

Why is it that over 2000 years and 40 authors the answer to the question appears not to be clearly answered? 

 

Why do we not have a book, a chapter, an epistle that answers the simple question how can a child be saved? After all we have  many passages of scripture that appear to deal in fine detail with every aspect of life: 

 

Vegetarianism (Rom14) 
Food sacrificed to idols – (1 Co 10) 
Head coverings – (1…

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Finding God's Grace Greater than our Grief: The Provision for Children (Romans chp 5) - J Stewart Gillespie  

A walk through the old grave yard in New Cumnock, there lies amongst the many headstones the remains of one, incomplete, on which reads the following: 

their 3 children who were born on the 13th March 1870 

and died a son at birth 

a son aged 29 hours 

Mary Craig aged 20 days 

James Craig their son born 27th October 1878 died 28th October 1883 

Mary Craig their daughter born 13th March 1877 died 1st October 1888 

Bessie their daughter born 7th May 1889 died 19th April 1890 

Robert Craig their son born the…

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Romans Chp 5 Vs 6 to 11: 'Rejoicing in Vomit' - J Stewart Gillespie  

A heavy chapter of doctrine, 

Great doctrinal subjects such as: 

The sovereignty of God 
The plan of salvation 
The all sufficiency of Gods Grace 

See in the 3 sections that Gods Grace is sufficient for and Gods purposes are Sovereign over: 

  1. Life's Problems (5:-5) 
  2. Salvation's Plan (5:6-11) 
  3. Man's Plight (5:12-21) 

Or to put it another way He is enough for the: 

  1. Worries of Life (5:-5) 
  2. Weakness of Self (5:6-11) 
  3. Wickedness of Man (5:12-21) 

I can rest in His all Sufficient Grace in: 

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