Are the little children saved?

📒 Mosiah 15

📜 25 And little children also have eternal life.

According to Mosiah 15:25 in the Book of Mormon, little children are indeed saved:

> “And little children also have eternal life.”

This verse is part of Abinadi’s testimony before King Noah’s priests, where he teaches that salvation comes through Christ, and that little children are redeemed without the need for repentance or baptism because they are not accountable for sin. This aligns with other passages in Latter-day Saint scripture, such as...

📒 Moroni 8

📜 22 For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing—

This which strongly affirms that children are alive in Christ and that infant baptism is unnecessary and even contrary to God’s will.

🌟 The Little Children Are Saved

📘 Doctrine and Covenants 29

📜 46 But behold, I say unto you, that little children are redeemed from the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten;

- Doctrine and Covenants 29:46 — “Little children are redeemed from the foundation of the world…”  

  This verse expands the scope: their redemption is not reactive, but foundational—woven into the plan from the beginning.

📘 Doctrine and Covenants 137

📜 10 And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.

- Doctrine and Covenants 137:10 — “All children who die before they arrive at the years of accountability are saved…”  

  A vision of the celestial kingdom confirms their place—not in limbo, not in waiting, but in glory.

👼 Salvation of Little Children

📕 Matthew 18

📜 1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 

📜 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 

🗝📜 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 

📜 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 

📜 5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 

📜 6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

🕊️ Closing Summary: The Salvation of Little Children

This study has traced a radiant thread through scripture, affirming with clarity and tenderness the eternal destiny of little children in God’s plan. From Abinadi’s bold witness before King Noah in Mosiah 15:25—“And little children also have eternal life”—to Moroni’s firm rebuke of infant baptism in Moroni 8:22, we see a consistent testimony: children are alive in Christ, untouched by condemnation, and redeemed through His grace.

📜 In Doctrine and Covenants 29:46, the redemption of children is declared foundational—woven into the fabric of eternity through the Only Begotten. And in D&C 137:10, the vision of the celestial kingdom confirms their place in glory, not as exceptions, but as beloved heirs.

👼 Jesus Himself, in Matthew 18, elevates the child as the model of kingdom greatness. His words are both invitation and warning: to become as a child is to enter heaven; to harm one is to invite judgment. The child is not merely innocent—they are emblematic of the humility, purity, and trust that heaven esteems.

✨ Final Witness: Little children are not lost, not waiting, not needing ritual to be redeemed. They are already held in Christ’s embrace—alive, saved, and shining in the celestial promise. May this truth bring comfort to grieving hearts, clarity to doctrinal questions, and reverence to our treatment of the smallest among us.