The Ethics of Child Evangelism

[dk1970]

(02-09-2011 06:22 PM)RJW Wrote:  being forced to watch the entire "Thief in the Night" series at age 6. . .that should qualify!

My family went to see "Burning Hell" when I was 4 and again when I was 5. In both cases I got terrified within the first few minutes of the movie and had to be taken out.

I never did see the whole movie. I'm glad, I'd probably still be having nightmares.

[LutheranEmily]

Katerpillar

That is sort of a hard question to answer, because I don't think the wording is quite right. I do not think getting saved is a human decision at all.
Faith is given to us. It is a gift from God and not a movement of our own wills. Our humanity likes to pick a date. I used to like to say "February 4th, 1995" because I was at a youth rally and I finally decided to "make it official".. but that was not the day that my Lord gave me the gift of faith. For me to even "make a decision" or "repent" faith had to already have been given to me, since someone who is dead in trespasses will not, and cannot have faith in Christ.

I believe that I always had faith from infancy..having been baptized at a few weeks old and then raised faithfully in the Catholic church. As I said before, as a child I would do devotions in my room at night. Praying was very important to me as a child. God gave me my faith, and I do not know the day nor the time that He did this. I just know that I have always believed.


If you ask a Lutheran when they were saved, a favorite answer is "about 33A.D

It's accurate!

[LutheranEmily]

A good article with scripture talking about how we are unable to come to Christ on our own.

http://www.extremetheology.com/2007/07/d...heolo.html

[LutheranEmily]

Don

Reformed and Lutherans are similar. I'd say your answer is pretty accurate as well..

[Phatchick]

(02-10-2011 09:56 PM)dk1970 Wrote:  My family went to see "Burning Hell" when I was 4 and again when I was 5. In both cases I got terrified within the first few minutes of the movie and had to be taken out.

I never did see the whole movie. I'm glad, I'd probably still be having nightmares.

I saw it in high school. Believe it or not, that was the entertainment for the GARBC's yearly youth formal (the fundy excuse for not going to prom). And it was pretty nasty, even for a horror flick fan like me. Almost as bad as the accident films they always ran in driver's ed. I'm honestly surprised we didn't have anyone puke in the auditorium.
Real romantic; dinner in the church hall and gory movies, all in formalwear. How could a sinnful prom compete? {sarcasm mode off}

[elfdream]

The word 'saved' has been thrown around a lot. We also tend to use it in terms of being saved 'from' something. We are 'saved' from hell and eternal separation from God but we couldn't we also use it in the sense that we are saved 'for' something? We are saved to be set apart for God, to be Holy, for eternal life with him etc.

[LutheranEmily]

Don
that is how communion is done at my church...only we only have one communion rail. I love the liturgy as well. It's all scripture. All that scripture saves you from hearing too much opinion.



Excellent point elfdream!