Are Little Children Saved? | Answers for Grieving Parents (Bruce R. McConkie)

Send us Fan MailWhat happens to little children who die? In this comforting episode, host Tia Smith shares Elder Bruce R. McConkie's beloved message "The Salvation of Little Children" (Ensign, 1977) — a doctrinal companion to her own testimony — which answers, one by one, the tender questions grieving parents carry.Elder McConkie lays out one of the sweetest doctrines of the restored gospel: that little children who die before the age of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom through the atonement of Jesus Christ. He teaches that children are mature spirits in newborn bodies, innocent and free from sin; that there is no such thing as original sin as the world defines it; that infant baptism is unnecessary because little children are already "whole" in Christ; and that these children will not be tested in the spirit world, the millennium, or after. He affirms that their salvation includes eternal life and exaltation — marriage and the family unit — and that a mother who lost a little one is promised the joy of raising that child, resurrected as a child, to the full stature of its spirit.For any parent with empty arms, this episode offers exactly what its doctrine promises: comfort, answers, and the assurance that little children are alive in Christ and shall be saved.💛 This episode addresses the death of little children, offered in a spirit of hope, comfort, and doctrinal reassurance.Q: Are little children who die saved?A: Yes. Elder McConkie teaches — from the words of Christ, Mormon, Joseph Smith's vision of the celestial kingdom (D&C 137), and modern prophets — that all children who die before the age of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom through the Savior's atonement, with no restriction of race, kindred, or tongue.Q: Do little children need to be baptized?A: No. The Book of Mormon prophet Mormon taught that little children are "whole" and not capable of sin, so baptizing them is unnecessary. They are alive in Christ from the foundation of the world.Q: Will children who die receive eternal life and be part of a family?A: Yes. Their salvation includes exaltation — the continuation of the family unit and all the sealing blessings — received in full through the resurrection, as though they had lived to maturity on earth.Q: What is the age of accountability?A: Accountability comes gradually, but becomes real at age 8, the age of baptism. Before that, as revealed to Abraham and taught in modern revelation, children are not accountable and Satan has no power to tempt them.Q: What about those with mental disabilities?A: Elder McConkie teaches that those who never reach accountability are considered as little children — alive in Christ, needing no baptism, and heirs to the same blessings.👉 Watch or listen to the full episode: https://studio.youtube.com/video/9J7DTKVuofA/edit📎 "The Salvation of Little Children," Elder Bruce R. McConkie (Ensign, 1977): ▶️ WATCH & LISTEN🎬 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thinningoftheveil🌐 Website: https://www.thinningoftheveil.com🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinning-of-the-veil/id1753511394🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jWCfMHkZXwnSwy2b98J4M🎵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a0a45561-d4c2-46d3-af8d-a1e967a21a25📖 BOOKPatterns of Revelation — Spiritual Foundations for Hearing God's Voice: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BW36MG9B📱 CONNECTInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinning.of.the.veilFacebook Group (Gathering of the Gatherers): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1429562078443774Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thinningoftheveil💛 SUPPORT THE SHOWVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/thinningoftheveilPayPal: https://paypal.me/thinningoftheveil✉️ Have you had a thinning of the veil experience? Email [email protected] — your testimony may be exactly what someone needs to hear.#ThinningOfTheVeil #SalvationOfLittleChildren #InfantLoss #EternalFamilies #Resurrection #Hope #BruceRMcConkie #ComeFollowMe #LatterDaySaints #PlanOfHappinessCITATIONS:Bruce R. McConkie, "The Salvation of Little Children", Ensign, April 1977: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1977/04/the-salvation-of-little-children?lang=engSupport the show