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1 | Bible's view on suicide? | Matt 27:5 | tmjt21 | 125608 | ||
Justme, Thanx for your response. And I do believe there are two sides to every coin, just like there are more than likely always going to be atleast two different points of view. I was not praising JCrichton's response as being the one and only answer and that it is 100 percent true. I was thanking him for taking the time to be so in depth with his answer and taking the time to respond so fully. Just like I will thank you for taking the time also. Just a little information on myself, I am a teacher and deal with this kind of issue on a regular basis. Not often is it that I can come to the child with Biblical context, nor do I think it is very often the right choice. We need to come at them with love and understanding at meet them at their level. I have been in the depths many times and know that God was working inside of me b/c I have no idea how I did not committ suicide. But those days are in the past and my life is solely for the will of God. Before i go into my response I do want you to know that I am just in conversation with a friend about this topic, I do not know someone right now that has told me they are thinking of suicide. But in reply to your response, I am not sure I understand what you are saying. To me it sounds like if a Christian decides to committ suicide that they are going to heaven, Jesus is just going to be "a little more unhappy" with us. That is kinda giving us a free exit from the world, we just might not have as many treasures in heaven. Am i not suppose to be seaking and trusting God more when I am in the pits that He is at work in my life and it is all going to work out according to His will? Am i understanding you the right way? That it is okay because I am down and out and under a lot of emotional stress that I can end my life and enter Heaven's gates and spend eternity with the Holy One? What Christian doesn't want to leave this world and get to Heaven? I am SO ready to go! But of course I believe I am called by God to do mighty things for His Kingdom before i go "home". So that is the focus of my life. Thanx again for taking the time. me |
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2 | Bible's view on suicide? | Matt 27:5 | justme | 125620 | ||
tmjt21: I will try to clear up any confussion that I communicated. Suicide is not a noble act, nor is it dentered into bu a rational thinking person. I doubt that any Christian who committs succide give much thought to going to heaven. Suicide is an act of desperation of a mentally ill person who has lost all hope, and see's no other options. I hasten to add in my opinion if the person is a Christian they are under demon oppression, and certianly are not controlled by the Holy Spirit. We would be hard pressed to really understand the emotional, and deep unrational pain that people who committ suicide have experienced. When someone can believe that taking their life is the best thing they can do, as they have no other options left open to them, we find this most difficult to imagine. I believe any sin is much more than making the Lord Almighty "a little more unhappy". If a personlived their life with only one sin, that one sin requires the same price to be paid for it, Jesus Christ shedding His blood, death on the cross, and ressurection from the grave. So no sin is little. All sin is dealt with the same way. We are now more able to understand that the brain is an organ, just as the heart, liver, lungs, and so forth. We have no problem with medication for all body organs. However we still fail to see that the brain can be sick as well. Cancer, low blood sugars just to mane a few things that cause serious malfunction of the brain. For the Christian who has experienced chronic depression, and I speak by experience, this is far more than being down and under, with a lot of emotional stress. When someone with such sever life threatening drepression reaches the point that suicide is yhe only way they can see to end the pain they are in, that's something most of can not fully understand. Please do not misunderstand me, I am in NO WAY justifing or rationalizing suicide. I believe from Scripture that nothing can remove us from the Lord Jesus saving and secure promise that we can not be snatched from His hand, and the Holy Spirit has His seal on us. How all this is possible is part of the secret things of the Lord. Duet. 29:29 I am trying to be careful not to put my approval on something that would encourage anyone to even give a split second thought to such a sin as suicide. Romans 14:22 The will to live can be so very strong it amazes doctors, as well the loss of the desire to live can stop the best medical help and medicine on earth, both are extremes can't be accounted for at times. Most of all no one can say for certian why some people can endure so much more than someone else. However each of us will give an accounting of what we have done while on this earth. Sme will escape satans clutches by smoke on their souls, while others will hear well done. Matthews Gospel tells of the sheep and goats.Whats odd is both groups answered when did we see you...? Perhaps if more of us carede enought to be alert to those at risk and show signs of suicide there would be no Christians yeilding to this very serious painfull sin. Every Christian is called to be faithful, and to endure to the end. Many have suffered beyond what seems humanly possible, and lived to go through even more suffering. In compairson those who committ suicide who seem to be outwardly suffering very little, and those in gutt wrenching pain we often can't understand why one goes on living and the other chooses death. The good news is that the Lord love them both, and it is in His hands, not mine. I hope this helps explain myself a little better. Do you have any thoughts? Blessings. justme |
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