LadyFlynt
Puritan Board Doctor
I've been doing some reading and came across Spurgeon making some comments a) against accusations towards Calvinists and b) on infant salvation. He states that he knows of few to no Calvinist that believes there are infants in hell...only the possibility of a "miscreant" "in some corner of the earth". "I say we hold that all infants are elect of God and are therefore saved". His reasoning is that scripture speaks little on the subject and that Christ said "of such is the Kingdom of Heaven".
Questions:
1) I can't believe it truthful that Spurgeon didn't know of any that taught or believed that infants might not be elect...as in there are those that are elect and those that aren't
2) how can he reconcile this with us being born in sin (unless he taught otherwise, which would lead to other heresies) with all infants being elect and saved.
3) if all infants are elect and saved, yet none can lose their salvation, then does the infant lose his salvation? when he reaches the unknown "age of accountability" spewed forth by the arminian baptists.
My point is that coming from an arminian baptist background, I remember believing this and looking back, it doesn't add up. And the first question just doesn't seem possible.
Spurgeon was Calvinistic, but how much was he really a Calvinist and is he considered Reformed? I'm just trying to understand the background of this preacher.
Questions:
1) I can't believe it truthful that Spurgeon didn't know of any that taught or believed that infants might not be elect...as in there are those that are elect and those that aren't
2) how can he reconcile this with us being born in sin (unless he taught otherwise, which would lead to other heresies) with all infants being elect and saved.
3) if all infants are elect and saved, yet none can lose their salvation, then does the infant lose his salvation? when he reaches the unknown "age of accountability" spewed forth by the arminian baptists.
My point is that coming from an arminian baptist background, I remember believing this and looking back, it doesn't add up. And the first question just doesn't seem possible.
Spurgeon was Calvinistic, but how much was he really a Calvinist and is he considered Reformed? I'm just trying to understand the background of this preacher.