What The Bible Teaches About
The Age of Accountability

Every child is not just a born sinner, but a conceived sinner who is born "dead in trespasses and sins."

Psalm 51:1-5; Psalm 58:3; Job 14:1-4; Job 15:14; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8-10; Romans 3:10;
Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1,4-5; Colossians 2:13; Matthew 8:22
Even though infants and small children have the inborn nature of sin, they do not possess the ability to differentiate between good and evil (righteousness and sin).

Deuteronomy 1:39; Isaiah 7:16; Jonah 4:11 (refers to Nineveh’s small children); Romans 9:10-12
For anyone to have an actual knowledge of sin, he or she must first either feel the effects of a conscience or clearly understand some revelation of God's moral law. Infants don't fit into either category.

Romans 2:12-16; Romans 5:13
Jesus used small children as examples of those who are a part of the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:1-4; Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17
David planned to one day go to be with his deceased infant, and David certainly thought of himself as being forgiven, saved, and headed for an eternity with God.

2 Samuel 12:15-23; Psalm 23:6