It would seem that you are wrestling not so much with whether infants may go to hell but with whether they may go to heaven. Obviously elect infants (if there were any) dying in infancy would go to heaven. My guess, therefore, is that you are struggling with whether one may go to heaven (i.e. be elect) without coming to faith. Or, to put it another way, does God always prolong the life of all the elect at least until faith is exercised? To which I would say, we must not allow election to be contingent upon faith. Which you may not be doing, but some do. Therefore, you might be wondering whether God always brings the elect to faith. I would suggest that if the order of salvation is truncated prior to faith (in the case the infant), the infant may still be united to the Christ through the monergistic work of the Spirit. Salvation is, therefore, bound up in the decree of God, the particular redemption of Christ and the baptism of the Spirit. Faith, perseverance (in faith) and glorification are the result of the former. I, with the Confession, would say “yes”, there are elect infants who dye in infancy, but never at the exclusion of regeneration and union with Christ.<br><br>I'll take this one step further. We may have great hope for the children of believers who dye in infancy. But unlike A.A. Hodge, I believe there is little hope for those who die young from unbelieving homes. In fact, to die in infancy and in reprobation is an act of mercy; for a life of sin is more to be punished for.<br><br>Ron<br>
