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.”
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.”
2007-12-12 12:00:57
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answered by BJ 7
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Suicide can be viewed as a "self murder". As such, we know that murder is a sin. However, you cannot repent of the sin of suicide after the fact. By this theory, suicide would be a sin that you could not repent of and would therefore separate you from God and salvation.
We do need to remember the following verse...
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
Suicide is never the answer. Put your trust in God and he will help you through your problems.
2007-12-12 03:59:16
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answered by TG 4
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Suicide should never be an option but the Bible does say the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and not suicide.
2007-12-12 03:29:33
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answered by Anonymous
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For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.
For whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
Of course we will all sin again after accepting Christ into our life. If you believe Suicide is unforgivable than all sin is unforgivable. So we are all going to Hell. We lose. There are no levels of sin. We all do it. Some of us sin by killing ourselves. Some of us sin by lusting, or by not Honoring our Mother or Father. The 10 Commandants tell us not to do these things. But the Bible offers us unconditional forgiveness by accepting Christ.
A simple answer if you read the Bible. All Sin Is Forgiven both past and present and future when you ask Christ into your heart.
I get so tired explaining this to Christians who do not really believe that Jesus really meant All Sin would be forgiven.
Dave
2007-12-14 12:45:33
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answered by sunloverinoregon 2
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Ten Commandments "Thou shall not Kill". That includes yourself. Suicide is just another sin. When you repent, you ask for forgiveness of sin, and turn the other way of sin. God reads are hearts, in true repentance you would not commit suicide.
2007-12-12 03:48:03
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answered by Linda Q 1
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You can't repent for something you will do....only for things that you have already done....besides, if you repent for committing suicide and then do it anyway you really didn't mean it when you were repenting and I think God would know that
2007-12-12 03:27:42
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answered by Anonymous
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If you're a Christian in its truly which means,You may not dedicate suicide...Christian are deciples who is carrying on with in Christ phrase... Act eleven:26 And while he had observed him, he introduced him unto Antioch. And it got here to go, that a entire yr they assembled themselves with the church, and taught so much folks. And the disciples have been known as Christians first in Antioch. Joh eight:31 Then stated Jesus to these Jews which believed on him, If ye maintain in my phrase, then are ye my disciples certainly; Deciple = Christian Paul the Apostle wrote the early christian like this 1Co three:sixteen-17 (sixteen) Do you no longer realize that you're a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (17) If any person defiles the temple of God, God shall break him. For the temple of God is holy, which you're. God shall break if any person defiles the temple of God,how a lot more in case your commiting suicide?defiles your possess frame?that's God's temple,God will destroys you as good.. But in case your no longer Chritian,you then dedicate suicide.....it is as much as God now..God is justice,theres a judgementday (two cor five:10)..we could depart unto God..for guy looketh at the outward look, however the LORD looketh at the middle.(one million samuel sixteen:7)
2016-09-05 09:17:42
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answered by haslam 4
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According to the bible suicidals do not go to heaven. In my country, priests refuse doing the funeral ceremony for a suicidal and they are burried in other cemeteries. I could never understand that - if you think the guy is going to hell, then why do you stil try to make him hurt even more?
2007-12-12 03:27:21
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answered by larissa 6
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Suicide is still a form of murder, and you can not repent of a sin before you commit it. Only God knows the heart of an individual, and only God can judge whether or not a suicide is warranted.
2007-12-12 03:26:25
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answered by no1home2day 7
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To repent means to go in the other direction ... therefore if you repent before committing suicide then you do not go through with the act of suicide. Otherwise you didn't repent.
2007-12-12 03:26:23
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answered by arewethereyet 7
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