Subject: Is it a sin to committ suicide? |
Bible Note: Although I don't have an exact scriptural reference saying that "suicide is wrong", my thinking is 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells me that suicide is a sin. "NO temptation (taking one's life falls under that category) has seized you except what is common to man." That tells me right there that whatever you may be going through (depression, sickness, fear, whatever) has already happened to someone else, no matter how you slice it. By committing suicide, you are basically telling God, "Not even YOU can handle this, not even YOU can save me", when it's totally untrue. In fact, Jesus went through just about everything we've gone through, and everything we have yet to go through. I consider suicide a total and complete lack of faith, a guarantee that Satan pulls another one of us down with him. What I'm seeing in this world today is more and more people killing others, and in an attempt to get away, they kill themselves, not realizing that this basically sends them on a one-way ticket to that eternal burning sensation we call Hell. If you know Jesus, then suicide isn't even an option. |