Question for christians. If you kill youself do you go to hell?

Question

Does it count as murder and are there any circumstances in which you would not go to hell. Im not cuisidal or christian I was just wondering.

just to clarify i am not cuisidal. it was a topic brought up at youth group i didnt feel was resolved.

Answer 1

Suicides—A Resurrection?

THE tragic news of a suicide does not close a chapter in the lives of relatives and friends; it opens one—a chapter of mixed feelings of pity and anger, sorrow and guilt. And it raises the question: May we entertain any hope for our friend who took his or her life?

Although self-inflicted death is never justified, never righteous, the apostle Paul did hold out a beautiful hope for even some unrighteous ones. As he told a Roman court of law: “I have hope toward God . . . that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.”—Acts 24:15.
Many theologians have long dismissed any suggestion that the resurrection of the unrighteous might offer hope for those who commit suicide. Why?

Centuries ago, churchmen introduced a non-Biblical concept: immortal souls that leave the body at death and go straight to heaven, purgatory, Limbo, or hell. That concept clashed with the Bible’s clear teaching of a future resurrection. As Baptist minister Charles Andrews asked: “If the soul is already blissfully in heaven (or is already justifiably roasting in hell), what need is there for anything further?” He added: “This inner contradiction has remained to plague Christians throughout the centuries.”

One result of such errant theology was that “since Augustine’s time [354-430 C.E.], the church has condemned suicide as a sin,” says Arthur Droge in the Bible Review, “a sin beyond redemption, just like apostasy and adultery.”

Jesus told a criminal sentenced to death: “You will be with me in Paradise.” The man was unrighteous—a lawbreaker rather than a distraught suicide victim—guilty by his own frank admission. (Luke 23:39-43) He had no hope of going to heaven to rule with Jesus. So the Paradise in which this thief could hope to come back to life would be the beautiful earth under the rule of Jehovah God’s Kingdom.—Matthew 6:9, 10; Revelation 21:1-4.

For what purpose will God awaken this criminal? So that He mercilessly can hold his past sins against him? Hardly, for Romans 6:7, 23 says: “He who has died has been acquitted from his sin,” and “the wages sin pays is death.” Although his past sins will not be accounted to him, he will still need the ransom to lift him to perfection.

Only God can fully understand the role of mental sickness, extreme stress, even genetic defects, in a “suicidal crisis,” which, the National Observer noted, “is not a lifetime characteristic [but] often a matter only of minutes or of hours.”
Granted, one who takes his own life deprives himself of the opportunity to repent of his self-murder. But who can say whether one driven to suicide might have had a change of heart had his fatal attempt failed? Some notorious murderers have, in fact, changed and earned God’s forgiveness during their lifetime.
Thus, Jehovah, having paid “a ransom in exchange for many,” His Son, is within his right to extend mercy, even to some self-murderers, by resurrecting them and giving them the precious opportunity to “repent and turn to God by doing works that befit repentance.”

The Scriptures encourage us to see ourselves, not as immortal souls, but as valuable creations of the God who loves us, who treasures our being alive, and who looks forward with joy to the time of the resurrection.

4000 years had passed from Adam & Eve, Jesus said to a Religious Leader that no one had gone to Heaven, and millions of people had passed away in death. This is a quote from the King James Bible:

John 3:13 " And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,"
it seems to me, this would eliminate the "immortal soul" belief, not only that, if you go to Heaven or Hell when you die, you completely do away with the resurrection that the Bible speaks about, because the resurrection is suppose to take place after Jesus comes the second time, and that has not happened.

Answer 2

Absolutely not, one must understand the extent of God's grace. Salvation is not the work of the believer, but God alone, so we don't keep it. First, understand God is everywhere according to Psalm 139:7-18. Second, in John 3:16, makes it clear those who believe in Jesus will never perish.(it is a continual process in the Greek to the future); John 6:35-37, Jesus will never drive a believer away. Romans 5 describes God's love. Romans 8:28-39 describes His faithfulness. Ephesians 1:14, at salvation a believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit as a guarantee. The seal permanently identifies a believer as God's own. Ephesians 2:8-10, shows us it is God's grace(unmerited favor) We didn't do anything to earn God's favor, He chose to love us. His love is without any conditions. Many people have tried to rationalize that God behaves like human beings, but He doesn't. Others have tried to use Hebrews 6:4-8 as a proof text, but the change in personal pronouns from(first person plural) we and us, vss 1-3 to (third person plural)them, those, who, shows it is only hypothetical. To say one can walk away from God strips God of His sovereignty and is very presumptuous on the part of that person, and a slap in God's face. No, salvation is secure, because it is based on God's unfailing love and faithfulness, not man's works. Even if one commits suicide, however there will be a reckoning, for rewards, taking one's life is an act only God can do.(1 Corinthians 3:10-15, is the judgment of believers for their works AFTER, salvation. This is not a license to sin without consequences. Read Romans 6:15-23. then all of Romans 7.

Answer 3

Those who think that suicide is murder are looking at a legalistic application of scripture, which is something that the Apostle Paul blasted away at frequently.

God's message to us is grace, and God's grace will determine if the self ending of one's life was a malicious act or not. This is not a question that people can definitively answer because the Bible, which gives us the measure of what constitutes our eventual eternal destiny, is unclear and we should be equally unclear.

Answer 4

You go to a hellish condition of life, in Vedic spiritual philosophy, this world is compared to a prisonhouse, each soul is destined to remain within a particular temporary material form for a certain allocation of time, if whilst in a human form, the living entity misuses their free will by destroying their material body, they will be subject to further difficulty, because they are then forced to remain on the same platform of existence in the subtle body which is constituted of mind, intelligence & ego, this is what is commonly called a ghostly form, because you transfer from a natural God placed position to an un-natural position,by self murder. This is an extremely hellish condition of life, however it is not an eternal position, the living entity will still be realised from this situation in due course of time, for further information or discussion:-Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari ([e-mail])

Answer 5

It appears that the Bible doesn't specifically say that you'll go to hell if you commit suicide, but it definitely is going against "God's will."

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own, you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

The web site listed in my sources talks about the subject more in depth.

Interestingly enough....

"He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 23:1)

Therefore, every male Christian out there should protect his manhood -- it's one of his tickets for getting into heaven. ;-)

Answer 6

Well, according to some, dispair of the seven deadly sins. Meaning, your immortal life is doomed if you commit it and do not confess/repent. That is more of an orthodox belief, however. It totally up to God, but I don't see how you would get to that point if you had a relationship with God. When Christians (or people who have been Christians) get to that point, it is because they have given up on themselves and started listening to the enemy. God never gives up on us and is always willing to forgive.

If someone starts to kill themselves (and nobody comes to stop them), but before they die, they realize what they did and regret it and ask God to forgive them. I'm sure that God would forgive them. I believe most people have a millisecond to regret it after they do it. Everyone, I have ever heard of, who has ever been rescued from suicide and survived, it totally changed their life and they are glad that they were not successful. God is the only one that knows our hearts, hypothetically speaking I believe it is possible that they still go to heaven.

Answer 7

No. Killing yourself is no different from any other sin. If someone has accepted Jesus' death on the cross (become a Christian) they are sealed by God *forever*. There is nothing that can break that, even suicide. When God makes a promise, He keeps it.
I can provide Bible verses to back all this up, if anyone is interested!

Answer 8

I am not to say where you go but I don't think it will be heaven...killing yourself is taking a life that does not belong to you...so in the eye's of God it is intentionally taking a life which is murder...it is the ultimate selfish act....all the hurt and pain you would leave behind would be sinful.

Answer 9

Suicide is not prevented by, nor is it condoned by, the Bible.

That said, because God wants you to use your body for the betterment of life---yours and others---he would not condone you committing such and act. Nor, if he has given humans free will, can he prevent it.

How would killing yourself save you from hell? No way that I can think of, as it is sinful to kill one of God's creatures, including yourself. A better way to save yourself from hell would be to get some help for those thoughts, feelings and situations that lead a person to suicidal thoughts. It's far better a solution to life's problems.

Ignore those who say that you will go to heaven even if you kill yourself---how can you break a commandment (Thou shall not kill) and still go to heaven? God is a forgiving God, but even he has his limits.

Answer 10

Murder says that you knowingly angrily killed a human being. If you are sick or under demonic influence you are not murdering. God is a righteous judge He knows much better than anyone what makes this sinful and what doesn't..