Thread:Superdadsuper/@comment-26998507-20150921001036/@comment-26998507-20150929021824

SouthWriter wrote: It is an assumption, based on Scriptural allusions, that a young child who dies goes to heaven to be free from that which inflicted him. Meanwhile, the family of that child is made stronger by the trial they have gone through if those family members are believers. The fellowship of believers that go through this with the parents and family also become closer to one another and to God.

This world is not all there is. It is a 'testing ground' for eternity. God knows each and every one of his people, and will save them from the sin that binds them, freeing them to live lives above the trials even as they must go through those trials.

Why is there violence? Why is there sickness? The Bible is quite clear. Read Genesis 3 and Romans 1 -- 8. All mankind is born in a state of sin and helplessness. If left alone, it is there that each person will die. The good news is that there is a way out. And that is thtough Jesus Christ, who died and rose again that His people, whom God draws to Himself, will without fail come to him in faith. And this faith will be made obvious through good works that God does through each of His people. That's like if I had a bunch of pet ants and I let them just get eaten by termites. It just wouldn't make sense for me to let my pets die off like that.