Some wish to condemn the doctrine of a legal justification effected at the cross by saying that it requires all babies that die in infancy to be eternally saved. This objection is raised when we quote Steps to Christ, p. 27: "The sinner may resist this love, may refuse to be drawn to Christ; but if he does not resist, he will be drawn to Jesus, ... to the foot of the cross in repentance." They say that since no such babies can consciously or purposefully "resist" the love of Christ, therefore they must be automatically saved if Christ's sacrifice effected a legal justification for "all men."
This does not necessarily follow. In fact, the opponents' position (to be logical) would require that no infants who die can be saved because they cannot consciously or purposefully "believe." This would be a terrible conclusion, equally untrue.
This objection is irrelevant to these discussions of righteousness by faith. We can safely leave such infants to the care of a loving God who can rightly judge if they would have "believed" or "resisted" should they have come to the age of accountability. Grieving parents should not worry. They should make their own "calling and election sure," trusting that the resurrection day will be a happy one for them. The parents' faith covers the child.