We can’t change their minds or protect them, which is a natural instinct with us as parents or grandparents. I pray, as I hope all of you do, that many are spared. I know I’m not the only one out there worried about all of this and afraid for loved ones.
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Personally, I believe that children under the age of accountability (around 12 or 13, normally) are covered by God's grace unconditionally, regardless of what they know. However, all children know (or can be taught) that hurting others is bad, stealing, and telling lies are, too. They can be told that our wrong deeds hurt others, themselves, and God, but God's Son Jesus chose to come and pay for all of it. They can be told that just as mom and dad pay for your admission to a zoo, park, or other event, Jesus paid for our admission to Heaven by his perfect life and death, and rose from the dead to prove His payment was valid.
They can also be told that He lives to both make things right with God and make us right through His work in us.....