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1 | Can one who commits suicide be saved? | Ex 20:13 | Morant61 | 106159 | ||
Greetings EdB! I understand what your saying my friend, but I have three problems with it. :-) First of all, Scripture nowhere calls suicide a sin, or that if it is that it cannot be forgiven. Secondly, Scripture nowhere says that a Christian cannot or will not commit suicide. Thirdly, Scripture nowhere says that a person who does commit suicide does not have a relationship with Christ. I just believe that the safest position is that suicide is not desireable, but that it is not an unforgiveable sin. But, since Scripture doesn't address it at all, this is only my opinion! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Can one who commits suicide be saved? | Ex 20:13 | EdB | 106167 | ||
Tim Your first point. Your right but do you or not agree that it is not sin itself that keeps us from salvation but the lack of relationship with Christ? I once again frame this question in reference to Rev 20:15 Point two: Again we can not know the mind of one that has committed suicide but the experts in the field tell us it stems for a sense of hopelessness, anger, a feeling of being unwanted or unloved, desperation, no other way out. Does any of these terms in your opinion apply to a genuine Christian in right relationship to Christ? Point three: If they had a relationship where did the feeling of desperation, being unloved, loneliness, anger, hopelessness come from in view of 5 Cor. 5:17? I believe the safest position is to say suicide is not a viable option for a Christian. Therefore the question of whether one that commits suicide is saved or not is purely hypothetical and can not be answered this side of heaven. Who are we to declared how God will judge it? EdB |
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