Some of the OT can be hard to stomach

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Just as God imputes the righteousness of Christ upon those who believe, He also imputed the unrighteousness of Adam on all who come into this world. We all come into this world dead in trespasses, are dominated by Satan, and are under the wrath of God...Ephesians 2:1-3.
We need a Savior the moment we are conceived; not the moment we sin for the first time.
No, viewing God as sending babies to hell does not jibe with being loving and just, so the only possibilities that jibe with God's nature and the need for imputed righteousness are either that they simply pass out of existence or else they are judged on the basis of God's foreknowledge regarding what they would have done/believed if they had survived into the stage of accountability.
 

Cameron143

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No, viewing God as sending babies to hell does not jibe with being loving and just, so the only possibilities that jibe with God's nature and the need for imputed righteousness are either that they simply pass out of existence or else they are judged on the basis of God's foreknowledge regarding what they would have done/believed if they had survived into the stage of accountability.
That's all based on speculation and a wrong understanding of the attributes of God. God must always act righteously, but acting righteously doesn't mean one must act lovingly.
I believe we had this conversation before, but didn't you tell me before that is was a loving act on God's part to cast someone into the lake of fire?