What if someone loses their own life to save another persons life?

[BelieverWithQuestions]

If a man saves another mans life by losing his own life, where will he go?
Let's call this man "Bob". We'll call the other man Tim.
Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Now let's say a hand grenade is about to explode and kill Tim, but Bob covers it with his own body, saving Tim, but Bob dies.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

 

[DeerGlow]

If a man saves another mans life by losing his own life, where will he go?
Let's call this man "Bob". We'll call the other man Tim.
Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Now let's say a hand grenade is about to explode and kill Tim, but Bob covers it with his own body, saving Tim, but Bob dies.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." Can't remember where it's from specifically but it's a selfless act, assuming Bob was truly saved why would this affect his salvation?

 

[RC1970]

If a man saves another mans life by losing his own life, where will he go?
Let's call this man "Bob". We'll call the other man Tim.
Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Now let's say a hand grenade is about to explode and kill Tim, but Bob covers it with his own body, saving Tim, but Bob dies.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

Who threw the grenade?

 

[BelieverWithQuestions]

Who threw the grenade?

Use your imagination, I guess.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

I guess the purists will say he's not guaranteed eternal life with the Lord unless he is saved by surrendering to Jesus Christ as saviour.
My gut feeling is that he would get to Heaven, even if he were a Buddhist. But its early days for me in my Christian walk.

 

[vinsight4u]

/nvm

 

[St_Worm2]

Bob ... has accepted Christ.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

Heaven, whether he laid down his life for Tim or not!

Ephesians 2
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Titus 3
5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy....​

In Christ,
David
p.s. - He who hears, and believes, HAS eternal life ..

John 5:24
"He who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life."​

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

I guess the purists will say he's not guaranteed eternal life with the Lord unless he is saved by surrendering to Jesus Christ as saviour.
My gut feeling is that he would get to Heaven, even if he were a Buddhist. But its early days for me in my Christian walk.

Those outside the born again ones we cannot appraise (it is not given to us to know ).
Those outside the born again ones , it is written, YHWH HIMSELF JUDGES. Some are saved, some are not, YHWH JUDGES.

 

[Grandpa2390]

If a man saves another mans life by losing his own life, where will he go?
Let's call this man "Bob". We'll call the other man Tim.
Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Now let's say a hand grenade is about to explode and kill Tim, but Bob covers it with his own body, saving Tim, but Bob dies.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

Assuming that he is a true follower of Christ. And he is going to heaven before the grenade... then there is no reason why sacrificing his life would be a sin...

What are you basing this question on? did you read a scripture somewhere that I should be considering?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Who threw the grenade?

Who said it was thrown ?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Where does Bob go?

Pick one: grave, mortuary, furnace, ocean, scattered with the wind.... any other?

 

[archer75]

I don't get this at all. OP, did you switch the names by accident?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Is Bob born again?

 

[-V-]

If a man saves another mans life by losing his own life, where will he go?
Let's call this man "Bob". We'll call the other man Tim.
Let's say Bob has followed Christ and always prays for forgiveness for his sins. He has accepted Christ.

Now let's say a hand grenade is about to explode and kill Tim, but Bob covers it with his own body, saving Tim, but Bob dies.

Where does Bob go? Heaven or Hell?

There's no reason to doubt Bob's salvation given that information. The Bible never says that suicide = automatic damnation. And, as Jesus Himself said, "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13

 

[Grandpa2390]

There's no reason to doubt Bob's salvation given that information. The Bible never says that suicide = automatic damnation. And, as Jesus Himself said, "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13

Well it certainly teaches it by principle.

The real point is that sacrificing your life for another person, isn't suicide. That would be like saying Jesus committed suicide...

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

No believer in Scripture, or in Foxes Book of Martyrs,
ever committed suicide,
but many did lay down their life, (WHILE LIVING FIRST!) , for others,
and died for their testimony and their faith in JESUS, with NO REGRETS.

 

[Humble me Lord]

Who threw the grenade?

Hopefully it wasn't, BelieverWithQuestions ,

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[Reformed2]

I'm a volunteer firefighter, and in no way do I feel that I am risking my salvation when putting my life on the line. It is my earthly body that is at risk, not my soul.