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1 | What if a saved person commits suicide? | Rom 6:23 | JCrichton | 119591 | ||
Hi, jtknez! Part 1 of 2 I am resubmitting this post with additional text; I hope that you study, diligently, each of the Biblical passage I have included and that you avail yourself of a good concordance so that your search may be more than complete: Jesus spoke of one particular sin that would not be forgiven: And so I tell you, every human sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next. (Matthew 12:31-32) Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life--but for Him there's no Salvation. Yet Jesus tells us that only those who are sent by the Father, Yahweh, will be able to come to Him (believe in the Spirit) and that those who do come to Him He will not cast aside (reject). We are creatures of God and only through coming to Jesus (believing and obeying Him) do we become children of God. But if we reject (disbelief) the Holy Spirit how can we listen to the Father when He calls us to follow the Son (Jesus)? And if we speak ill of the Holy Spirit, who is the third person of God, we are denying His Divinity and His authority over us! Jesus tells us (John 4:23-24) that God is Spirit and He demands that we, all who wish to worship Him, worship in Spirit and Truth! Suicide is one particular example of denying the Holy Spirit's authority over us; it is perhaps the greatest form of rejection: the person committing suicide is basically saying that he/she has complete control of his/her body and calls God a liar: None of the trials which have come upon you is more than a human being can stand. You can trust that God will not let you be put to the test beyond your strength, but with any trial will also provide a way out by enabling you to put up with it. (1 Corinthians 10:13) He/she is totally rejecting the Holy Spirit by destroying His Temple: Do you not realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you and whom you received from God? (1 Corinthians 6:19) Do you not realise that you are a temple of God with the Spirit of God living in you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy; and you are that temple. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Will Jesus forgive us if we commit suicide? It is only God’s call. Since God is Spirit, a nanosecond is an eternity to God! Perhaps one fraction of a nanosecond before his/her life expires the Spirit in the person committing suicide may pray for forgiveness and transmit a desire of true repentance: And as well as this, the Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness, for, when we do not know how to pray properly, then the Spirit personally makes our petitions for us in groans that cannot be put into words; and he who can see into all hearts knows what the Spirit means because the prayers that the Spirit makes for God’s holy people are always in accordance with the mind of God. (Romans 8:26-27) The problem with theories and suppositions is that the missing facts may be diametrically opposed to what is presumed as factual reality. In essence, when a person commits suicide he or she is flatly negating God’s gifts (the Word, the Cross, the Resurrection, the Ascension, Eternal Life in Christ: the Holy Spirit: Christ Jesus!): |
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2 | What if a saved person commits suicide? | Rom 6:23 | JCrichton | 119592 | ||
Part 2 of 2 Now, the Spirit we have received is not the spirit of the world but God’s own Spirit, so that we may understand the lavish gifts God has given us. And these are what we speak of, not in the terms learnt from human philosophy, but in terms learnt from the Spirit, fitting spiritual language to spiritual things. The natural person has no room for the gifts of God’s Spirit; to him they are folly; he cannot recognise them, because their value can he assessed only in the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:12-14) So if we shun the Holy Spirit, how can we obtain forgiveness? How would we have the will power to recognize our sinful state and repent and ask for forgiveness? Many people say that once “saved” always saved… the Bible has no such clause! The Bible teaches that we can grieve/hinder the Holy Spirit… Jesus Himself commanded not to blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, was He wrong? No! We have the power to accept God or to reject Him, it is part of what makes us different from the rest of Creation (God’s image and likeness). So if we reject the Holy Spirit, who is God, how can we find grace in Jesus?: Always be joyful; pray constantly; and for all things give thanks; this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not stifle the Spirit or despise the gift of prophecy with contempt; test everything and hold on to what is good and shun every form of evil. May the God of peace make you perfect and holy; and may your spirit, life and body be kept blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-23 ) Adulterers! Do you not realise that love for the world is hatred for God? Anyone who chooses the world for a friend is constituted an enemy of God. Can you not see the point of the saying in scripture, ‘The longing of the spirit he sent to dwell in us is a jealous longing.’? But he has given us an even greater grace, as scripture says: God opposes the proud but he accords his favour to the humble. Give in to God, then; resist the devil, and he will run away from you. The nearer you go to God, the nearer God will come to you. Clean your hands, you sinners, and clear your minds, you waverers. Appreciate your wretchedness, and weep for it is misery. Your laughter must be turned to grief, your happiness to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up. (James 4:4-10) James 4:4-10 is precise! Everyone who loves the world is committing adultery (Jesus is the only husband the Church has) against God and is therefore an enemy of God. He asserts that if we come near to God, God will not reject us! The longing of the spirit is of things that are of God--only if we disobey the Holy Spirit could we do things that are contrary to God’s Will! For the wage paid by sin is death; the gift freely given by God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) The operative phrase in Romans 6:23 is “eternal life in Christ Jesus.” There’s no “come as you please” clause in any of the Sacred Writings! God Bless! Angel |
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