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Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

People deceived from childhood into false belief are still accountable, but God's judgment is calibrated to what they genuinely could have known — general revelation (creation, conscience) remains available to everyone

Q&A: question about accountability for someone deceived from before the age of accountability.

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Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Infants and young children who die are saved — Mike holds this as a personal conviction based on David's hope of reunion with his deceased infant son.

Q&A section: a viewer asks whether their 8-month-old sister who died will be in heaven.

2 Samuel heaven Q&A infant salvation
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Infant salvation and adult salvation both ultimately flow from Jesus Christ, but differ experientially — one comes through knowing faith, the other through grace applied to the innocence of accountability.

Q&A section: a viewer asks whether an infant's salvation is different from a young person's or adult's.

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Mike Winger idea 2019-03-27

Q&A: What about those who cannot understand the gospel due to severe mental illness? God holds people accountable for what they can know

Audience question about severely mentally ill people and salvation

Salvation Age of accountability Mental illness and salvation
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-27

Q&A: What to tell a toddler who asks if they are a child of God — children below the age of accountability are covered by Christ

Question from "wholesome home" about young children and salvation

Salvation Age of accountability Children and salvation
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Q&A: Age of accountability is not a fixed age but individualized — God knows each person's capacity

Winger briefly addresses the age of accountability question from the live chat.

infant salvation divine judgment age of accountability
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Q&A: Infants and young children who die go to heaven — brief affirmation

A viewer asks whether young children who die before accepting Christ go to heaven.

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Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Q&A: Minimum age for baptism is not fixed — the NT criterion is belief, which varies by individual

A viewer asks what minimum age Winger would set for baptism.

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Mike Winger idea 2021-01-22

Severe dementia and moral accountability: judgment follows capacity

Mario Tucci connected the question to Mike's earlier teaching that babies go to heaven and asked whether it applies to those with severe dementia.

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Mike Winger idea 2021-06-04

About the Age of Accountability: Does Numbers 14: 29 give us any biblical reason to believe the age of accountability to be 20? In Numbers 14: 18-19 Moses pleads with God, and God pardons the sins of the children 19 and younger.

Q&A question: About the Age of Accountability

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Mike Winger idea 2021-08-27

Did Anyone in “The Flood” Go to Heaven?: Do you think any of the people that died in the flood (above the age of accountability) may have been saved or will not go to Hell?

Q&A question: Did Anyone in “The Flood” Go to Heaven?

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Mike Winger idea 2024-12-13

A Child’s Stage of Accountability: My three-year-old passed away in a tragic accident. I’ve heard that infants are welcomed into God’s presence when they die, but what about a slightly older child? Is my daughter in Heaven?

Q&A question: A Child’s Stage of Accountability

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