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That is a good statement. There are some however say that babies do go to hell because God hasn't chosen them, or predestined them to be His from before conception. I think the people who have that belief have the time sequence of predestination incorrect. I believe that being conformed into the image of Jesus Christ takes effect after being born again.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (KJV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Romans 8:29-30 (KJV)
[SUP]29 [/SUP]For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Ephesians 1:5-6 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:11 (KJV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Hebrews 7:25 (KJV)
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (KJV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Romans 8:29-30 (KJV)
[SUP]29 [/SUP]For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Ephesians 1:5-6 (KJV)
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
[SUP]6 [/SUP]To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Ephesians 1:11 (KJV)
[SUP]11 [/SUP]In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Hebrews 7:25 (KJV)
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.