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Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea
I didn't say there was ... just curious on how this would be explained to the child who could be emotionally traumatized thinking they are hell-bound ...
that's pretty serious ... if you ask me.
Your thoughts.
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I agree. As a Sunday School teacher of primary age children, I understand that the children in my class are
just starting to both understand and begin acting on their understanding. I tread very carefully, because I want them to make informed decisions on their own. I have yet to encounter an objecting parent, so I really don't have a clue how I'd proceed.
A child does need to understand sin and its consequences, as well as its solution, which does make a decision blocked by a parent very difficult indeed.
I think that perhaps the right move would be to encourage the
child to pray for their parents, that God will change their mind. Beyond that...I really don't know.
I remember as a preteen, I was involved in the bus ministry in my Dad's church. We had a 7 year old boy who had been coming for quite awhile, who was very involved in church, had repented in the altar, but had never been baptized. He was struck by a car on his way to school one morning (walking), and was killed. My Dad preached his funeral.
I was traumatized with terrible thoughts that he was lost, and no one really made me feel any better about it. Now that I'm older, I am confident in a just God, but...I do get what you're saying about child psyches.
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