1. What Jesus says about little children?

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Bible: Matthew 18:2-3)

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, “Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Bible: Matthew 19:13-14)

 2. God makes it clear that it takes some growing time for children to know the wrong from the right

Bible: Isaiah 7:15-16: He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

In Tamil Bible: ஏசாயா 7:15-16: தீமையை வெறுத்து நன்மையை தெரிந்துகொள்ள அறியும் வயது மட்டும் அவர் வெண்ணையையும் தேனையும் சாப்பிடுவார். அந்தப்பிள்ளை தீமையை வெறுக்கவும் நான்மையை தெரிந்துகொள்ளவும் அறிகிறதற்குமுன்னே நீ அருவருக்கிற தேசம் அதில் இரண்டு ராஜாக்களால் விட்டுவிடப்படும்.)

Bible: Deuteronomy 1:39: Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

3. God will not punish the children for the sins of their parents

Bible: Jeremiah 31:29: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

Bible: Jeremiah 31:30: But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Bible: Ezekiel 18:1-4: 1. The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Bible: Ezekiel 18:20: The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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