Children, pop and Atown included with myself, generally have a lack of knowledge. In fact, that's 100% surefire truth. Kids are stupid. They lack experience. They haven't read everything. They don't know every aspect of everything. And God is the hardest thing to talk about and understand. And as children, it's extremely difficult. I mean, for me, I find it quite off and perplexing why you insist on calling God Yeshua, or Yahveh and all that hoo-ha. I mean if you're going to go Jew with the names, make sure you never spell God out. Make it G-d. It makes no sense, but as my friend says, "Whatever floats your boat."
All men are born evil, and all men die evil. It's just our nature. We cannot escape it. It is the carcass we have to tie about our necks or our ankles and drag around the city streets. And it doesn't stop until we too have plopped down into the dust. What we do, whether or not it is "Good" or "Bad" is not for man to judge, but for God. If we follow God's commandments, then, yes, we are doing "good". But see, it is not for man to judge who does right or wrong, or whether or not HIS good is better than HER good. We can't do that because we are imperfect creatures. Whenever you're not following God, then you're not performing "good". Again, we're not equipped enough to say I'm good or evi, for all men are evil. Even the good we perform is obscured.
Alas, free will and predestination are an ongoing ferocious outbreak, a plague that has swept over our hearts of beliefs. It's great to debate, but for this cause: we have children here arguing. And yes, AGE does play a prominent factor in arguing. Paul told Timothy to not allow anyone to look down on him for age, but Timothy was a great exception, having been raised by some fairly powerful believers. Children for the most part are not raised in so great a deal as Timothy had the training for. They're just not. So yes. Your age and the way you argue and speak and act are all great factors in your knowledge.
All men are called for salvation...but some are chosen. Why? I like the Pharaoh example given. He was called to release Israel. Didn't. God hardened his heart. It says explicitly multiple times GOD FREAKING HARDENED HIS HEART. He made it so that Pharaoh would be crushed completely and people around the world would fear God for his might, and would fear His people. Pharaoh could have released the people. Pharaoh could have remembered the God that Joseph served, but Joseph and his God were forgotten. All that came to surface was the people. The vast number of people. So Pharaoh ended up with a hardened heart.
God hardens other people's hearts, I believe. I will not witness to someone who staunchly and adamantly refuses to hear God's name and professes his or her disbelief in God. I get it wherever I go. School, church, wherever. There is no purpose to telling those who won't listen your faith and your reasons, and about God, when they have made their choice: they have been chosen for damnation. And some are willing to receive. Touched by the Spirit, they may be chosen for salvation.
