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1 | Is fear or doubt unforgivable? | Mark 3:28 | melchizedekau | 11416 | ||
thanks Jim yes i have been there and i know that i was in trouble but did nothing about it. For it was a decision that i had to make and so did all of us. Sin sepates us from God and His love, Isiah 59:2. do you think or really can say that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit will let some one die or kill themselves, without sending someone to help a person in need crying out from their hearts for help. i say my God will help but the sins of the person and the hatred and unforgiveness in their lives seperates them from the love of God. I do know and i knew that i had to repent but i didnt and didnt want to, and the voice of the Lord got softer and softer. then one at one point He sent some one to speak an encouraging word into my life and i took that advice and gave myself to the Lord Jesus. But many dont listen and just go down and down until the Hatred is so deep that they even hate Life its self. that is the course we can choose. i died but i did it Gods way. Bless you .YIC | ||||||
2 | Is fear or doubt unforgivable? | Mark 3:28 | Jim Dunne | 11499 | ||
With all due respect, you're completely missing the point. Severe depression isn't about hatred or unforgiveness or the lack of repentance, it's about mental illness. These people are sick. The level of despair and misery that can occur is an agony beyond comprehension. These poor people are no more capable of rational thought than those who suffer from other debilitating mental illnesses. That's one of the reasons psychiatrists strongly advise severely depressed people against making life-changing decisions - they can't make a reasoned, balanced choice. Even the Catholic Church is rethinking its' position on suicides for this reason. Many priests feel that the very fact that someone has taken their own life is evidence that they were not in a normal, rational, morally accountable state. I cannot and will not believe that God will condemn someone like that. And as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, if you're a Christian, you have salvation as the gift of God through Jesus. Even were I to grant that suicide is a sin, it is no worse (or better) than any other sin. It is forgivable - indeed it is already forgiven. If being sinless is a requirement to avoid damnation, than Hell is going to be a very busy place. Being a Protestant, I do not believe in the Catholic sacrament of Extreme Unction, or the "Last Rites" to wipe away all sin in the instant before death. It's not necessary. God loves me, Christ died for me, and I am saved by grace through faith. Yours in Christ, Jim D. |
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3 | Is fear or doubt unforgivable? | Mark 3:28 | melchizedekau | 11515 | ||
thanks jim , but what you are saying is that the Delivering power of Christ is not available to some people. Jesus said He came to set the captives free and that He would have none perish. all it takes is a "Jesus please help me no one else can" I got to that point and i did just that. Many wont and dont,. It is a choice or is it, many are called but few chosen? YIC. | ||||||