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Use a little imagination. The guy would be in heaven whether he asked forgiveness or not. The only question is--IS he a child of God? If so then ALL sins are covered by the blood and suicide is not the unpardonable sin.
There are now certainly men and women in heaven who through discouragement, mental depression, sadness over loss, presumptuousness, etc had come to a point where they took their own life. Christians are not perfect and make bad decisions. Suicide is just one of those decisions.
At this time I have decided that you're unteachable. Goodbye.
Baptist or Nazarene - Methodist or Lutheran - we all need to find our authority in the scriptures. This needs to be examined according to scripture, and examples need to be provided in scripture passages that show the validity of the premise.Use a little imagination...
There are now certainly men and women in heaven who through discouragement, mental depression, sadness over loss, presumptuousness, etc had come to a point where they took their own life. Christians are not perfect and make bad decisions. Suicide is just one of those decisions.
There are some persons in the bible that did what I believe was suicide attempt.
Samson died from a collapsed building. Of course you all know the story.
The other persons
Saul and His Armor Bearer - 1 Samuel 31:3-6
After losing his sons and all of his troops in battle, and his sanity long before, King Saul, assisted by his armor bearer, ended his life. Then Saul's servant killed himself.
Ahithophel - 2 Samuel 17:23
Disgraced and rejected by Absolom, Ahithophel went home, put his affairs in order, and then hung himself.
Zimri - 1 Kings 16:18
Rather than being taken prisoner, Zimri set the king's palace on fire and died in the flames.
Judas - Matthew 27:5
After he betrayed Jesus, Judas Iscariot was overcome with remorse and hung himself.
Abimelech - Judges 9:54
After having his skull crushed under a millstone that was dropped by a woman from the Tower of Shechem, Abimelech called for his armor bearer to kill him with a sword. He did not want it said that a woman had killed him.
[My first post on this topic. Sorry for your lost to person that post this topic].
To put it short in my opinion. Many of us would agree that suicide is a sin. But guess what? Why do we have a Savior? He payed the penalty (our sins) and set us free. He is a forgiving God. He is the only judge.
As Colossians 1:13-14 stated, "For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
Be careful not to think of every one of these as a person who was right with God, and went to Paradise (Abraham's Bosom.) Only one of these people is mentioned in the "Faith Hall of Fame." In Hebrews, Chapter 11, we are told of a number of people who achieved a certain standing with God by exercising faith.There are some persons in the bible that did what I believe was suicide attempt...
Be careful not to think of every one of these as a person who was right with God, and went to Paradise (Abraham's Bosom.) Only one of these people is mentioned in the "Faith Hall of Fame." In Hebrews, Chapter 11, we are told of a number of people who achieved a certain standing with God by exercising faith.
If God gives you faith and grace, and you are delivered from darkness, how is it you would attempt suicide because of the darkness that is upon your soul, as has been described here? It is not consistent with scripture to hold such opposing opinions.
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Savior will save only those who will continue to believe in Him till the end no matter what the circumstances are!
i read your other post just decided to pick this one. You obviously do not understand suicide so how do you speak of what you your self do not understand.
Do you think a child of God can ever not believe? Children of God are slaves to God wonder why? Like a Good father He intervenes.
Those who turn away and never come back were never his.
How do you know where a person Goes after death? Have you been there, have you seen? Has God told you? Because no where in the bible does it say a person goes to hell for suicide, that is man made doctrine.
I have had 22 suicide attempts in the past are you saying I have no faith in Jesus? Because that is what you said, a person who does that has no faith, in fact I explained earlier why people do this. They feel dead already, it is about escape. You think a person can have faith and feel dead? well i have seen Jesus and spoke with Him, I had a dream in which I was speaking to God Just a few days ago, happens often. I have also been attack by demons and Jesus came and told me how to cast them out, in fact He filled me with His spirit so much all I felt was peace, and when I addressed the demon that peace in me came out my mouth like a light and dispelled the demon.
where is your love? were is your compassion for these people? That is not what Jesus taught us to be or do.
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