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NASB | Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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Bible Question: My mother's friend from work asked her what the bible says about suicide. If you are saved and you commit suicide, will you go to hell or is that a sin that is forgiven by christ? Can anyone give me exact scripture on this? My mother and I would greatly appreciate any information. |
Bible Answer: Hi, jtknez! Part 1 of 2 I am resubmitting this post with additional text; I hope that you study, diligently, each of the Biblical passage I have included and that you avail yourself of a good concordance so that your search may be more than complete: Jesus spoke of one particular sin that would not be forgiven: And so I tell you, every human sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next. (Matthew 12:31-32) Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life--but for Him there's no Salvation. Yet Jesus tells us that only those who are sent by the Father, Yahweh, will be able to come to Him (believe in the Spirit) and that those who do come to Him He will not cast aside (reject). We are creatures of God and only through coming to Jesus (believing and obeying Him) do we become children of God. But if we reject (disbelief) the Holy Spirit how can we listen to the Father when He calls us to follow the Son (Jesus)? And if we speak ill of the Holy Spirit, who is the third person of God, we are denying His Divinity and His authority over us! Jesus tells us (John 4:23-24) that God is Spirit and He demands that we, all who wish to worship Him, worship in Spirit and Truth! Suicide is one particular example of denying the Holy Spirit's authority over us; it is perhaps the greatest form of rejection: the person committing suicide is basically saying that he/she has complete control of his/her body and calls God a liar: None of the trials which have come upon you is more than a human being can stand. You can trust that God will not let you be put to the test beyond your strength, but with any trial will also provide a way out by enabling you to put up with it. (1 Corinthians 10:13) He/she is totally rejecting the Holy Spirit by destroying His Temple: Do you not realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you and whom you received from God? (1 Corinthians 6:19) Do you not realise that you are a temple of God with the Spirit of God living in you? If anybody should destroy the temple of God, God will destroy that person, because God’s temple is holy; and you are that temple. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17) Will Jesus forgive us if we commit suicide? It is only God’s call. Since God is Spirit, a nanosecond is an eternity to God! Perhaps one fraction of a nanosecond before his/her life expires the Spirit in the person committing suicide may pray for forgiveness and transmit a desire of true repentance: And as well as this, the Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness, for, when we do not know how to pray properly, then the Spirit personally makes our petitions for us in groans that cannot be put into words; and he who can see into all hearts knows what the Spirit means because the prayers that the Spirit makes for God’s holy people are always in accordance with the mind of God. (Romans 8:26-27) The problem with theories and suppositions is that the missing facts may be diametrically opposed to what is presumed as factual reality. In essence, when a person commits suicide he or she is flatly negating God’s gifts (the Word, the Cross, the Resurrection, the Ascension, Eternal Life in Christ: the Holy Spirit: Christ Jesus!): |