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Commentary Concerning Elliot InstituteThis intermediate link is included to give warning in regard to the position Elliot Institute presents on the granting of immediate sainthood following the death of aborted babies. Life Enterprises holds the belief that no one, under any circumstance, is granted admission into Heaven without faith. The following are commentaries included in a book "Post Abortion Syndrome - Stories of Family Destruction" which is being published by Life Enterprises Unlimited. * Publisher's Comment: In many locations in this book, particularly in personal testimonies, there are references to aborted babies being in Heaven, or similar statements. Theologically this is unsound. There are no free rides into Heaven for anyone. Entry into Heaven requires faith in God and the activities that flow there from. Vicarious baptism does not satisfy the requirement of personal faith. It is comfortable, but purely humanistic, to believe and/or teach otherwise. At the instant of conception an eternal soul comes into being. It should be believed that in justice God gives each and every eternal soul a decisive opportunity for salvation. If the opportunity for salvation is not available in this life, then it must, in justice, be made available in an undefined existence of unknown duration after mortal death but before judgement. It is good to pray for the soul of any departed person in order that grace flowing from such prayers will aid them in their unfinished pilgrimage. Humanistic notions' presented for the purpose of temporarily making another feel good is in the long term counterproductive. Giving someone reason to pray for another is to encourage good. Women who have had an abortion, and have a basic belief in eternal life, should be given to understand that their child/children can benefit from their prayers. These prayers can be made starting with whatever degree of faith they currently have. Such prayers, when united with the desire for their own increase for faith in God, can benefit their children who are now on their own personal pilgrimage which will determine their salvation. (Post abortion counselors should make special note of related beneficial therapy.) 9 February 1998 Points for Reflection Since the Bible no where states that there is an age of accountability whereby those who die before that age will automatically be saved, why have we been told or how have so many come to believe that unborn babies murdered by abortion go straight to Heaven? Is it possible that we have been deceived by clergy of all denominations who would rather tell us what we want to hear than preach the truth of God's Word? Eleanor Ramsey Elliot InstitutePermissions granted for non-profit purposes. |