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To: bobby beara who wrote (869)	4/27/1998 2:36:00 PM
From: gregor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1283

Dear bobby: Yes Christ will set us free and free indeed. I might be a product of the old school but I believe in the ultimate failure of the flesh. I believe in the fact that we have a living savior for a reason; that reason being we need a daily cleansing from sin. There is nothing inherent within us that is pleasing to God. Even the age of accountability as a point of "doctrine" that we have been so fervently discussing lately, means exactly that. That until a certain age God will not hold an innocent child accountable for his actions. That does not mean that God does not see that child as stained by sin, or that there is no sin in a young child even one day old. If any creation of man is in the flesh then we are stained by sin and not perfect, and therefore not worthy of salvation of our own merit. If what I say is not true then we would all be referring to an age of "innocence" or an age of "purity" before which God would say it is impossible to sin or to displease Him, and after which God would hold a child not innocent. Which this brings up an interesting topic of conversation. That God would hold let's say a young person unaccountable for sin one day then the next day if the age of accountability was reached they would be held accountable for sin.(Isn't that age generally accepted as 12 years old?) But to illustrate my main premise I would have to say that even a baby that dies or a fetus that is aborted is still 'saved by grace'. To back up my premise I have three children . Even as babies if I took a toy away from them or their favorite desert; they would look at you and get angry enough to kill if they could. Once I sent my 3 year old son to his room as punishment. He, with malice of forethought spilled a planter over on his carpet and then took spray paint to his walls. In my wildest dreams I didn't think he would have been capable of such an act; but I was so shocked I didn't retaliate against him or anything I made him sit on his bed and watch me as it took about 3 hours to clean up his mess; I just wanted to teach him the consequences of his actions.... In Christ..gregor