Bible Question:
concerning suicide? pse provide references am trying to help someone from suicide thankyou |
Bible Answer: We would like to offer some help, but we have so little information to go on. Also, we do not know how much time we have. It may be that you need to get that person to a mental health professional, but in the meantime we can offer the following. Suicide often occurs when a person sees no meaning in life and no hope. You can offer the person the book of Ecclesiastes. They may identify with a person who said that life is empty but ended his ruminations with the conclusion that we should live, and fear God, and keep his commandments. Offer them Ecclesiastes. For hope, offer them Psalm 42 and 43. There the psalmist says there is hope in God. If the person is not saved, then they have no hope (See Ephesians 2:12). They will find hope when they find God, through Jesus Christ. They may think that they gain something from dying; freedom from something, maybe. Offer them Philippians 1:21. There is an alternative. They can live for Christ. Offer them Hebrews 9:27. In case they think that death leads to nothingness. Let them see that there is judgment to follow. Offer them Psalm 100. It shows the source of life and some meaningful things we can do with our lives. Offer them Colossians 1:16. It says Jesus made us for himself. They may see that suicide means robbing him and trying to defeat his purpose. Offer them 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. It says Christ died for them so they can live for him. Offer them Philippians 1:29, and hop they see that suffering is not an obstacle but an opportunity. We hope that person will decide to live life with what it brings, for Christ. It is good that the person has confided in you. Offer to do something with them, starting now, starting with prayer. Offer to go with them to God. It will show that the Scriptures you gave them are practical, which they are. Encourage them to commit their lives to God as Jesus did in Luke 23:45 and 1 Peter 1:23. These may show them that they can commit themselves to God, who has the power of life and death (Matthew 1:28). Encourage them to leave it up to God as Elijah did (1 Kings 19). He can take them home, or he can leave them here to serve him. Assure them with 2 Corinthians 12 that God will give them the grace to bear what they are going through and with Galatians 6 that you are here to help them. |
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