Unleashing God's Truth, One Verse at a Time  The "Age of
Accountability"  Code: A264  The following article is adapted
from John MacArthur's response during a Q&A session at Grace
Church. Much of what John says here has been expanded in his
book, Safe in the Arms of God .  What is the Scriptural basis
for an "age of accountability" regarding a child's salvation?  I
think the best way to answer that is to say this: There is no
"age of accountability" identified in Scripture, as such. There
is nothing in the Bible that says, "Here is the age and from
here on you are responsible!" I think the reason for that is
because children mature at different paces. That would be true
from culture to culture, and from age to age in history.    The
Jews had identified about the age of twelve, and that was when
Jesus was taken by His parents to Jerusalem for the Passover and
the Feast, and there He was in the temple questioning the
doctors. You have a good illustration there, and Jesus was
asking profound questions at that po