The Spiritual Condition Of Infants - 2009 Words

Adam Harwood, The Spiritual Condition of Infants In general, what is spiritual condition? It is assumed that all people inherited a guilty and a sinful nature from the first man, Adam who sinned. It results in the question of whether infants are subjected to the God’s judgement even before they commit any action. In his book, Adam Harwood analyzes the writings of theologians and important biblical texts for clarifying an infant s spiritual condition. In this book, Harwood argues that an infant only inherits Adam’s sinful nature, without inheriting the guilty nature as well. Harwood builds up an alternate view against the Augustinian-Calvinist view. Adam Harwood currently serves as Director of the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry,†¦show more content†¦All of them followed by conclusion, indexes, and bibliography. Every passage contributed by addressing the doctrines. They were doctrines of sin, church doctrines, doctrines of salvation and man. Throughout his book, Harwood addresses 16 theologians viewpoints on this complex question. The materials of introduction discussed short and useful literature survey on this subject and showed the differences with the help of focuses on â€Å"the spiritual condition of living infants.† Infant salvation was not the direct focus for Harwood. The introduction is in 3 parts. In the first chapter, Harwood explains why it even matters if an infant is guilty of sin. Here, Harwood explains that there will com a time when we as pastors will be confronted with trying to comfort a family grieving the death of an infant. The question of â€Å"where is my baby† could pop up and if you answer that the child is in heaven you need to elaborate and be able to provide biblical justification for your answer. In the second chapter, Harwood speaks on â€Å"limits or boundaries† in the proposal studying. In general the author revealed four of these assumptions: A human is considered a human despite how small he is; An infant has a sinful nature since he is of Adam’s descent; God welcomes them into heaven; God welcomes them through the person and Christ’s work. In this chapter he elaborates on these four assumptions