Kids on the verge of AOA? What to look for?

[HooahWifey]

(mods please move this if it would fit better elsewhere)
I wanted to know if any Moms could offer me some advice about being certain of your child's salvation, when they seem to be teetering near the age of accountability.
I have a 7 year old who is quite mature in her understanding of life. I have explained the plan of salvation to her and she professes to have asked Jesus into her heart, but I wonder how secure this is...I wonder how much of it is simply her doing something that will obviously please me.
What should I be looking for in terms of evidence that her young spiritual life is healthy? I wonder about the AOA and imagine that it is different for every child and only God truly knows at what moment each child could be reasonably held accountable for their soul... But I sense she is quickly approaching hers.
My daughter shows a real thirst for Biblical knowledge: that is to say, I find her reading her Bible on her own quite often, and she asks many questions about Bible stories, Biblical figures, God, Jesus, prayer, heaven,etc. I feel as though she's off to a good start, but where do I go from here? How can I be sure her soul is safe with the Lord?

[Mrsppmrxky]

Can anyone ever know another is truly saved? Only that person and God know the answer.

The best advice that I can give you is to just continue teaching for discipleship growth and every now and then ask your daughter how a person is saved. (with her answers, you can go back over the Roman's road of salvation) Not too often though or she will become board and get the message that she can have not assurance.

You can be a fruit inspector. You say that she has a thirst for her bible and God. That seems like a good witness right there.

With every child it is different. Each of my children came to Christ at a young age, but it was different. (5, 4, 3) As teens, they had to recommit..........I don't mean the actual act of thinking they needed to be saved 'again' but to be assured that they truly had accepted Christ.

To this day, they remember when they asked Christ to save them. Not the 'date' but what they were doing when it took place.

[Seller_of_Purple]

I would look for the fruits of the spirit in her (i could display a few more of those myself) I would lead a godly life in front of her and PRAY.
The guy that does way of the master has a audio lesson on this subj. that is very good, my hubby bought one on e-bay for like .97 cents...Ultimately at some point your daughter will be accountable, and God is fair and it won't be until she has the ability to truely grasp heaven and hell and Jesus saving work on the cross and his resurrection. God is JUST.

[antsinmypants]

What MrsP said. I was four. My brother was younger and I don't remember how old my sister was, but it was after she and I had a talk when we both were quite young at grandma's..

Many people caused all three of us to have doubts because we were so young and sure, that there is no way we could have at that age made that mature of a decision... and for me, it sent me really spinning there for a while, even after my baptism.


If she has knowledge and understands death and the ramifications of not knowing Y'shua before death - then yes she is certainly capable of making the decision to follow him. Just be sure that she gets proper discipleship and training so she doesn't fall by the wayside.

[Kaitlyn]

What MrsP said. I was four. My brother was younger and I don't remember how old my sister was, but it was after she and I had a talk when we both were quite young at grandma's..

Many people caused all three of us to have doubts because we were so young and sure, that there is no way we could have at that age made that mature of a decision... and for me, it sent me really spinning there for a while, even after my baptism.


If she has knowledge and understands death and the ramifications of not knowing Y'shua before death - then yes she is certainly capable of making the decision to follow him. Just be sure that she gets proper discipleship and training so she doesn't fall by the wayside.

Same thing for me, I was three. I don't remember every detail but I took God's name in vain, my parents explained what I had done and I was horrified, it must have led to a lot more questions because I do remember being saved that night. When I got older I was so scared that it wasn't real because I was so young that I would pray over and over again to be saved, and then that turned it to being afraid there was a certain way it had to worded and that led to more praying to be saved... I think I have a touch of OCD. :hehee