PARABLES OF THE BIBLE :
2 Tim 3:15....that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures....
The Greek word translated as "child" above is Brephos (#1025 in Strong's Concordance). It is translated as, babe, child and infant in the KJV. It is only found in the following 7 places. Lu 1:41,44; 2:12, 16; 18:15. 1 Pe 2:2 and 2 Tim 3:15.
In Luke 1:41, 44 it is translated as babe. Notice that the baby is in the womb. Turn to Psalm 22:9, 10 for a comparison. It is the Gospel that was heard and the babe leaped for joy. The word translated as leap here is found in Luke 6:23 where it is used in reference to salvation. In Acts 3:8 we read about a lame man, who when cured, leaped! Then he praises God. While this (leap) is a different Greek word, it is used in John 4:14 as springing.
The water that Christ gives us is eternal life, the Gospel. Turn to John 7:38. We send forth this very same Gospel - once God gives us the authority to do so. Everything is dealing with salvation so far.
In Luke 18:15 brephos is translated as infants. Christ tells us in verse 16 to allow such to come to Him. We are called children of God once saved. We are also called newborns (1 Cor 3:1, 2) desiring the milk (1 Pe 2:2) of the Gospel. We, as believers, are called infants. It comes as no surprise that God literally deals with infants concerning salvation too.
In Luke 2:12, 16, the word babe is brephos again. Jesus was just born. Read the verses (6 & 7) just before the visit of the shepherds, these attest to His recent birth. Jesus is truly an "infant". Also note that when the shepherds leave in verse 20, they do so praising God. The word for praise is the same one used in Acts 3:8 where the lame man praised God! Not so much the Greek word used here but the thought involved, this praise deals with salvation!
In 1 Peter 2:2, God tells us to grow. He tells us to be like a newborn babe, again brephos. Here God clarifies the meaning. When we start out as Christians, we are as babes. We grow with time, just as a real baby does. We feed a baby food, God feeds us spiritual food. The Greek word for "newborn" means "just born". Just born infants, it can't get any clearer than newborn.
The point of 2 Tim 3:15 is that Timothy knew the scriptures since the time he was an infant out of his mother's womb. We are born with God's word in our hearts, see Rom 2:14, 15. In 1 John 2:27 God states that He is the one who teaches us. This transcends the normal mortal bounds we deal with for day to day knowledge. Indeed Timothy may have been saved in the womb like John the Baptist was (Luke 1:41, 44).
So much for reaching an age of accountability. Whether we baptize at birth or 1 year later, it has no effect on our salvation. Indeed, a child can be saved even as an infant. Outward signs like baptism are fine and we can profess Christ with our mouth before the congregation but it will not affect our salvation one bit.
1 Kings 3:7-12
Job 28:12-28
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