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1 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | scott88 | 101453 | ||
I do not mean to be offensive, and I ask this question with all sincerity; I have often heard that if you commit suicide, then you are condeming your soul to hell. Is this true? If so, or it not, then what scriptures could I study? |
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2 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | GeorJoy | 101513 | ||
Dear soul, was it not specified in the 10 commandments (Exo 20:13) that "Thou shalt not kill?" Is killing an unpardonable sin? No. Must we ask to receive forgiveness? Yes. Will a sin laden person enter the gates of heaven? No. If one kills himself, does he not commit sin by killing? Will that one receive forgiveness for that final sin? NO! They didn't get to ask. George |
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3 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | John Reformed | 101559 | ||
Dear George, I think you are overlooking the fact that many, if not all, christians die having failed to confess each and every sin. Thank God that we will not be judged according to our sins, but, by our relationship to Christ. Does this offer the person considering suicide a way out? I don't think so, for the Bible says that the one who perserveres to the end will be saved. It also calls upon everyone who names Christ as their Lord to work out their salvation with fear and trembling...to examine themselves to make sure that they are truly His and not mere professors (non-believers who claim to be believers). I do not say it is impossible, but, it seems to me, highly un-unlikely that a believer would choose to take his own life. What is impossible is that a christian could forfeit salvation. Salvation is a gift which, when given, is irrevocable. Rom 11:29 for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable John |
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4 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | GeorJoy | 101619 | ||
John, you seem a little wishy-washy on the subject. Will one who commits suicide, go to heaven or not? There is no "maybe." It is a simple yes or no. you seem to agree in a feeble way. Believers are just as human as any sinner. They simply march to the sound of a different drummer. They are just as likely, if not more so, than any sinner to face trials and tribulations. The only difference is faith. I like to look on faith as a Christian tape measure. Some are tall. Some short. Still some are midgets. I can see how when beat down to the ground a midget Christian might kill himself, but like yourself, I can’t imagine a Christian with any amount of faith killing himself. It seems you answered what appears to be your own doubt. You portray a "once saved, always saved" belief. I am sorry. I have seen where in scripture this thought could be mistakenly derived, but if one applies the "entire bible," they will also read therein that one "can remove his name from the lamb’s book of life." However, this is a doctrinal issue and, I believe an improper topic for discussion in this forum. "the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable." Irrevocable, yes. No one can take them away. But one (can) give them up. In Christ George |
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5 | Will suicide condem my soul to hell? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 101626 | ||
GeorJoy - "Will someone who commits suicide go to heaven or not?" you ask and add, "There is no maybe. It is a simple yes or no." ..... Without attempting to delve into doctrinal differences surrounding the issue of the eternal destiny of one who takes his life, I submit that the issue is not such that it can be answered by a simple yes or no. It begs of other questions. For example, Was the victim of his own hand a regenerate believer in Christ? Was he of sound mind at the time he took his life? Does the Bible teach that regenerate believers -- those who have been made partakers of eternal life by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ -- have any more power within themselves to "lose" their salvation than they did to "gain" it in the first place? Or does not Scripture teach that salvation -- eternal life -- is solely of God, from start to finish? Does Scripture teach that works save us or keep us saved? And finally, if a redeemed person took his life and thus sealed his fate and doomed himself to hell, would he not have effectively committed an unpardonable sin, since he cut himself off from the remedy of forgiveness by confessing his sin? Does suicide come under the purview of the unforgivable sin of which Jesus spoke? No, George, in your theological economy, I see the question as being anything but a simple yes or no. Now I happen to espouse as quite biblical the doctrine of the security of the believer: God either gives eternal life or He doesn't. If He does, eternal is eternal. If He doesn't, then no one has eternal life, because one can't give it to oneself, not by good works, not by a thousand confessions of sin, not by anything under the sun. --Hank | ||||||