When someone hears a Calvinist say, “Elect babies go to heaven,” it cannot be (rightly) assumed that they are also saying, “non elect babies go to hell.”
The Calvinist view of Election—or Unconditional Election—is (simply) defined as God choosing (electing) certain individuals to salvation based solely on his good pleasure.
Scripture does not directly say, “all (or some) babies go to heaven.” So, how can a Calvinist—who believes in Total Depravity: by Adam’s sin, all persons are conceived with a sin nature—believe any babies go to heaven?
Remember, we cannot (re)conform a set of beliefs to fit our narrative—especially, if we do not believe such ourselves—just to win an argument or to slander our opponent. We must honestly ask a question and intently listen to the answer. Before we ever think of responding.
The 1689 London Baptist Confession
Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who worketh when, and where, and how he pleases; so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word.
Spurgeon argued:
It has been wickedly, lyingly, and slanderously said of Calvinists, that we believe that some little children perish. Those who make the accusation know that their charge is false… As for modern Calvinists, I know of no exception, but we all hope and believe that all persons dying in infancy are elect. (Infant Salvation)
The focus on elect is not to claim some infants are non elect, but rather because the elect speak of those who will be saved. Our hope is in the grace and goodness of God—the love of the Father who calls, the Christ who saves, and the Spirit who works many wonders that we cannot comprehend.
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