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1 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | EdB | 226040 | ||
Scripture does not speak of the eternal state of a person that commits suicide. Some firmly believe they are condemned to eternal damnation. Others believe that if they were saved they will be saved even after committing suicide. Two things I think about. First we can't know what takes place in the mind of someone that commits suicide and in particular their last moment. Is it possible they reached out to God? Secondly suicide to me is a sign of hopelessness. Can a person that is truly in Christ feel that much hopelessness? Shouldn't Christ Himself be hope enough to prevent suicide. I would never tell someone I was certain they could commit suicide and spend eternity in God's presence. Just as I would never tell the family of a suicide victim their loves was confined to eternal damanation. That is God's decision not mine. |
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2 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | legsrandall | 226104 | ||
as for myself, there is NO WAY i would ever comit suiside,, and i am not asking you to confirm anything for me...BUT.......many many years ago, when i did try.. i was so very very very depressed.. so much that i truly did not want to live..the pain in my heart was un bearable so much that i only wanted it to end.. I never thought about Jesus.. i just cried and cried and wanted to get away from it..i'm 60 years old now...I know i'm saved and Jesus is the first and last thing of my day...eventhough i knew about Jesus, i wasn't raised in a church going family..when i tried to comit suiside, i thought about my familiy and my 2 young daughters.. still death seemed better.. Myself.. i have asked for forgivness about what i tried to do back then and I know I have been forgiven..but the subject does come up and i always understand the state of mind someone might be in, in that situation...and i know people who have comitted suiside... are you sure there is nothing in the Bible about the subject... I am not interested in any "MANS" opinion.. only what our Love letter from God, (the Bible) says.. | ||||||
3 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | EdB | 226106 | ||
Suicide. No special law is found against this crime, for it is included in the prohibition against killing. Contrary to the practice and the philosophy of paganism, the act was held in deep abhorrence by the Hebrews because of the high value placed on human life. It was held inexcusable that any but the most degraded and satanic should lay hands on their own lives. Only the remorse of the damned could drive one to it, as witness Saul (1 Samuel 31:4) and Judas (Matthew 27:5). Frank E. Hirsch, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ed. James Orr (Chicago: Howard-Severance Co., 1915), s.v. “CRIME; CRIMES,” WORDsearch CROSS e-book. Suicide by definition is the murder of oneself. Exodus 20:13 (NASB) 13 "You shall not murder. Now to me there is something very telling in your account above. You said you didn't think about Jesus you only thought about your situation. Again I come back to my original comment suicide is based on a feeling of hopelessness and a person that has true faith in Christ isn't hopeless. You said you knew Jesus but you weren't thinking about him. I think what you had was head knowledge of Jesus but you hadn't yet given yourself fully to Him or Jesus would have been on your mind. Again I'm saying this from someone that has never been in that situation, however I do know that once you are fully and truly in Christ He does inhabit your thoughts. I wish I could produce scripture that says thou shall not commit suicide but as noted above it isn't in scripture. |
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4 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | legsrandall | 226137 | ||
I would like you to comment a little further for me, (if you can).. ,, Yes, I do agree with you that, I had not yet fully given myself to Jesus or He would have been on my mind,.. yet, isnt murder just a sin,, and I believe ALL our sins are forgiven through the blood of Jesus..( a white lie is a sin..child molestation is a sin.. murder is a sin.. we are all filthy rags .. a sin is a sin .. big or small) Perhaps people who I have known, (those who have comitted suiside) had not yet fully given, (or maybe) not have been exposed or known Jesus at all .. I can say, .. I know of a friend who was mentally ill, and of an Aunt who was (also an illness) an Alcholic and drunk at the time of suiside ..Now, I am wondering where might thier souls go....? At peace forever with Jesus or damned to eternal hell in the lake of fire ..........If there is no answer, I understand.. (In my case) I believe I had a guardian Angel watching over me, because I now know, the Lord has things for me to do, ( I believe thats why my 2 attempts failed) I am happily doing the work of the Lord...I just got to wondering about those who are gone and no longer have a choice..And, like I said, I get asked about things like this.. My family has never been taught much..( Me either).. somehow,.. I seem to have become the "God Person" in the group... It is so hard to answer sometimes.. I would never make-up or tell anybody what "I think".. That's why I use this site for answers.. I do have a responsability to tell only the truth..if I can ... and ...If I can not..I have a responsabilite to tell them.. "I tried to find out, but, I could not find you an answer".. I usually advise people not to give up seeking answers, but to be careful who they take advice from.. Always make sure it is backed up by scripture...Thank you for your time with this ...P.S. (just a thought). It seems strange that there is nothing in the scripture about this... it must have been asked many times through the ages.. as I understand it... your best effort to answer me is ...WE REALLY DONT KNOW .. is this correct? | ||||||
5 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | EdB | 226148 | ||
If you asking me or anyone else to play God and pronounce where this person or that person is spending eternity we simply can't do that. But it isn't we really don't know situation as much as here is what we do know. We know someone that is really in Christ isn't going to murder, likewise they aren't going to commit suicide as suicide is murdering oneself. We also know that suicide is done out of hopelessness and again someone that is truly in Christ isn't hopeless because Christ is their hope. But we must be ever mindful, scripture tells us only God is able to see our true hearts. |
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6 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | jlhetrick | 226150 | ||
EdB - Do we find in Scripture that once a person is saved they will not sin again? Or do we find that the saved continue to struggle with the flesh to include sometimes succumbing? | ||||||
7 | will suiside send you to hell | Bible general Archive 4 | EdB | 226151 | ||
You and I both know that is a theological question has been batted back and forth for thousands of years. The question really is will a truly saved person willfully and intentionally commit a sinful act from which they have no recourse? I don't think so, but again we humans are funny people. What we are discussing is far different than losing our temper and calling someone a fool. Be that as it may I'm told suicide is an act of hopelessness and I fail to see how a person that is truly in Christ can feel hopeless. To me that is an oxymoron. |
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