Steve Camp ("Camp on This" in my links) has a very thought provoking article on his blog titled "How Wide Is the Narrow Road?", which challenges the post-modern concept of inclusivism. Camp defines the term as being the belief that there are some "exception clauses" to the gospel granted to certain groups of people based solely on their predisposed condition. "This belief is rooted in the hope that God, apart from the hearing and understanding of the gospel, by His grace and sovereign love, still grants to those individuals prohibited by certain conditions forgiveness of sin, eternal life and fellowship with the Lord in heaven forever." The three areas of inclusivism addressed in the article are:
1. All babies and children who haven't reached the "age of accountability" upon their death are granted special grace and receive instant heaven;
2. All those who are mentally incapacitated, mentally retarded, or incapable of cognitive reasoning, all that have not reached a "condition of accountability" will upon their death be granted special grace and receive instant heaven; and,
3. Those who have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ, and therefore, could not reject in unbelief what they never had a chance to believe in the first place, are not condemned, but are also granted special grace and receive instant heaven.
It is a rather long article, but well worth your time.
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