Would you give up your soul for your child's?

[7ruth]

In what situation would that happen? And kids can't go to hell either.

wheres that in the bible? many of teens may be in hell. i knew what sin was at the age of seven as i was a jw.

the sins are the same as the rest of the christian churches for the most part.

Well infants and toddlers don't have the ability to reason. Is a two year old going to burn and be tortured for eternity because he was playing with a pistol and shot and killed someone on accident? Of coarse not, it doesn't know any better, it probaly doesn't even know what God or sin is.

 

[jasoncran]

you implied the other way and i wanted clarification.

hmm i wonder if the millenium will be used to allow those that were aborted and or murdered or killed in a accident to have a chance to deny christ or serve him

think about if adam and eve who live in paradise had the oppurtunity to sin, why not those that were tooken out early so that they can serve the lord cause they want to, not becuase they only know him and him alone.

we cant know God goodness without seeing the need for mercy.

a mysterious concept yet the truth.

 

[Amielou]

What's to stop you asking God on the day of judgement to allow your child to take your place in Heaven, and to allow you to take your child's place in Hell? I don't know of any verses that say God would necessarily say no.

*emphasis mine* - as the part i am addressing.

actually, there is...

here;

No one comes to the Father, but through me: John 14:6

There is but ONE way to God, that way is by faith in Christ Jesus. Soul-switching / place swapping is not that way, (albeit impossible but hey - even if it were, it is NOT the way).

This is the reason i lay awake nights and grieve for the souls of so many family and friends who have closed their hearts and souls to the light of Christ and live in the dark but i have to try and move beyond the fear and lament and leave it in God's hands, otherwise i would cease to be able to function.

 

[tim-from-pa]

If you don't have a child, imagine someone else close to you. If you knew that your child was going to Hell, and you knew that you could give up your own place in Heaven in exchange for theirs, would you do it? Would you give an eternity in Hell to save your child from it?

No, there's no need to. Jesus already gave His life in exchange for another. Nobody else could be righteous enough to do that.

But so that you rest easier tonight, nobody's in hell yet, as the judgment did not come. When a person dies, they must be resurrected first to obtain life eternal or to perish in eternal fires of hell.

And the word perish means just that---- the person will be burned up and become as ashes (c.f. Malachi 4:3). Only once the fires done it's job will it eventually burn out.