this is for people who truly know the bible.?

Question

I was told that if you commit suicide you go straight to hell no if and or buts about it .is this true?

Answer 1

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

The Bible does not discuss suidide anywhere, so using it as a reason either way does not work. There are those who are going to twist and turn over this but ask um for the scripture and read it yourself it is obvious that the subject is not discussed at all. Let me tell you this however, if one loves God then seems to me it would be a good idea to go to Him in prayer about any life or death decision and remember the guidline for any audible response is that if the speaker can not say Jesus is lord then the source if evil. I myself have wanted to go home for some time and when an opportunity for a honorable death presented itself I wieghed in and each time something miraculous happened and I survived. So be aware God may not be done with your life yet and an extremely rebellious move like ending your life may very well not make Him happy, but if it is so bad you just can not stand it anymore then don't worry about going to hell over that, maybe something else which you have not repented of but not that. If you have not asked God to be your friend then this might be a good time.

Answer 3

No one really knows the bible. It's stories and phrases can be used in different situations to represent different things, thus making each story usable for any argument or debate.

as for going to hell.... if you're really considering suicide, get help, IMMEDIATELY. not for the sake of your soul, but because you deserve a happy and healthy life.

If you're not... then don't worry about it. Find your own answers and beliefs.
If you know someone who commited suicide (im hoping thats not why you asked the question, but it makes a good example) then think about how that person was.

Surely they weren't a bad person, they just thought they needed a way out. Think about all the good things the person did, and not the act that killed them. Do they really deserve an eternity of torture? Unless you're best buds with Hitler, I think your friends got a good chance of a better eternity.

But, like I said, its about what YOU believe. I know its a hard thing to figure out, but listen to your heart. Don't worry about what others say or think of the subject.

Answer 4

That's probably over-stating it a lot. The scripture recognizes the mitigation of intent even in the act of murder. Can a person who is so emotionally undone that they harm themselves really be said to have formed the criminal intent to take a life? The scripture only speaks directly to when we take the life of another. If we assume suicide is murder in the biblical sense then the penalty of scripture is death. The suicide is already dead, so that's satisfied. We are taught, "he who sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." Once again, the suicide's already dead. The one scriptural comment that presents a problem in my mind is:

1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

If a person who commits suicide is a murderer in the scriptural sense, then this passage seems to indicate the person is not saved and this can be known form the fact that they coimmit murder, i.e. that no person who has eternal life in them could do this act. I think it is not murder in the scriptural sense because in all cases where murder is mentioned it is the unjust harming of another human being.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

First of all are you contemplating Suicide??

God said that he would never give us more than what we can handle and if there is something beyond out capabilities and we resort to suicide its because we have not first seek God.
Will he commit us to hell, honestly I don't think so but we will not receive the price that he has for us in heaven.

Answer 7

NO. Nowhere is suicide forbidden in bibles. Remember the Jews at Masada. They commited mass suicide rather than be captured by the Romans. It has never been said that they went to hell.

Answer 8

I think that it depends on if the person is truly sick...and really don't know how to cope and that's the only way out..for them..

God gave every living creature a life.... humans that commit suicide are not fulfilling God's plan for that person.

Answer 9

There is really no support for this. Going to Hell -- regardless of cause of death -- is solely dependent upon whether a person was Saved or not.

Committing suicide cannot negate true salvation; otherwise, God would be proved as a liar, since He promises "neither will I leave you nor forsake you" and "I do not give as the world gives."

Peace.

p.s. -- "Agitator" -- really good answer!

Answer 10

According to the bible, it's true.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 makes reference to honouring your body to God as a temple.

Answer 11

Well, I don't qualify to answer your question, but it seems to me that a loving God would not allow someone who was in that much pain to suffer in hell. Plus, people who commit suicide are mentally ill. God made them that way, so He must understand that it might be too much for them or that they might not get the help they need.

But, that said, if you or someone you love is thinking about suicide, God would not approve and you/they need to get help as soon as possible. It would do immeasurable harm to those you/they love and who love you/them.

Peace and Blessings

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