Bible Question: But what are the exact scriptures that lead you to this conclusion? |
Bible Answer: Scriptural support........................................... Hello Tara, There were a lot of ideas in my post on this subject, but I'll try to give some referrences for most of it. I stated that murder is a suicide is murder and therefore a sin. That comes from the 10 commandments and can be found in Exodus 20:13. I stated that when a person comits suicide, they are deciding that there is no way out of their current circumstance or that the rest of their life is not worth going through whatever circumstance that they are in. That goes against God's promise that He will not allow us to go through more than we can overcome with His help. This promise is found in 1 Corinthians 10:13. That attitude also denies either that God is all powerful and can help us, contradicting the scripture that everyone knows God is all powerful (Romans 1:20), or that God is loving and has a good plan for our life. That contradicts the scripture found in Jeremiah 29:11. Taking all these things into account, it becomes clear that a person comitting suicide is clearly choosing to stop acknowledging God for who he is (Romans 1:28). In fact, it lists murderers as doing this in Romans 1:29. The scripture says that people who do this are worthy of death (Romans 1:32). A person who ends their life denying God cannot be saved, because there is no other way to be saved. The scripture that supports this is Acts 4:12. Finally, I ended my post by giving the exception that it is possible for a person who is mentally unstable at the time of death to comit suicide without actually thinking through the process and deciding to deny God. In that case, that person has been given less and less is expected. The idea that those of us who are given more being expected of more by God comes from Luke 12:48. I hope that these verses give some context for the beliefs that I have stated, and most of all, I hope that God can work in the situation that you are in to bring about good. After all even things that appear to be bad can be part of God's plan for good. See Genesis 50:20 for an example. In addition, we know that God works all things for good for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28) |