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NASB | Matthew 27:5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:5 And throwing the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary, he left; and went away and hanged himself. |
Bible Question:
I'm not sure how this is going to go over, but this topic just came up between a friend of mine (that goes to a catholic church, but also calls herself a Christian) and me. That part is not the issue, b/c I do believe she has a personally life with Christ and is living her life to be fruitful for Christ. But in talking about this topic, "can a saved person committ suicide" she mentioned in the converstaion that she believes that if a person is saved, committs suicide or dies in anyway and has turned away from God, that they will go to hell. BUT, if believers pray enough for that person, they can get that person into heaven. I have never heard this before until now. So I am trying to test it against the Bible b/c I believe that it is the only way to prove or disprove anything. Let me know if I need to be clearer. If I have been clear enough, then I thank anyone for taking the time to help me out here. Take care and God Bless all of you! me |
Bible Answer: tmjt21 I'm not Catholic and I hope our Catholic friend Emmaus may see this and respond, however I will take a crack at it. I think your friend is talking about the Catholic belief of purgatory, where if you commit venial sins you go and can be prayed for and released. However I believe even Catholics believe suicide is a mortal sin one that can't be forgiven by prayer for the dead. In other words the soul is lost. However before I pursued this point any further with your friend I would find out why they feel the way they do. It might be their telling themselves this because they have had a loved one commit suicide and they can’t live with the fact that loved one may be lost. If that is the case it serves no purpose and may even be cruel on your part to try to convince them that a person that commits suicide according to Catholicism is lost. EdB |