Special Needs Case Study

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This topic of salvation for individuals who have special needs is one that I do not have any experiences like the one in my case study. I have had throughout my life I have never had to seriously consider whether or not a child with special needs will receive salvation. I believe God has given me a set of beliefs that I can build upon that will help me understand and respond when I do encounter a situation similar to the one in the case study in my ministry. I did have one conversation about this topic during the spring semester of my junior year of college. It was a conversation with my dad and my Uncle Luke. My uncle’s response I believe portrayed an accurate depiction of God and the grace he has for us. My uncle told us that he believed …show more content…
Their son has cerebral palsy, is cortically blind, has epilepsy and is cognitively equivalent to an individual that is less than a year old. This article mentions that this book talks about how this family asks the question of “Will he go to be with the Lord forever?” The article continues by telling us the authors’ response. The authors’ response is that the doctrine that states that children are sinful from birth is one of the most detrimental doctrines to parents. As the story continues we find out that the author also has a child that is severely disabled and is unable to understand right from wrong. The author …show more content…
I believe that the pastor in my case study should respond to the mom in my case study in the following way. Your son is offered salvation. I would remind her of God’s grace and that he is also a loving and caring God. More specifically I would inform her about concept of prevenient grace. I would explain this concept to her in like this “that just as children are not condemned to hell when they do not understand sin and its consequences, an adult person with limited intellectual/reasoning capacity would not be condemned since they wouldn 't understand sin and its

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