Can Life Support Trap The Soul

[LadyKay]

If a person's heart and lungs are only working because the are hooked up to a life support system. Do you think that this would keep the soul traped inside a body that is no longer living on its own? Sometimes they say you have to let people go.

[missmuffet]

If a person's heart and lungs are only working because the are hooked up to a life support system. Do you think that this would keep the soul traped inside a body that is no longer living on its own? Sometimes they say you have to let people go.

Not unless God wanted it to be trapped.That is a personal family choice.It is important to have an advanced directive in place if this should occur.

[ayin jade]

Remember that not a sparrow falls without the will of the Father. Even the hairs on our heads are numbered. 

 

So do you think a soul can be trapped on life support if God decides its time for the person to die?

[other one]

if a person is conscious I would think yes...    If a person is in a deep coma, I don't think so, but i don't know that we have the knowledge to know.   if you have ever had an out of body experience, it makes it easier to say no.....     it does not trap the spirit/soul.   It would seem to give a way back as long as the body is alive though.....    but that's kind of metaphysics thinking on my part for there isn't any way that i am aware of to prove it.

[Guest]

If a person's heart and lungs are only working because the are hooked up to a life support system.

 

Do you think that this would keep the soul traped inside a body that is no longer living on its own?

 

Sometimes they say you have to let people go.

 

 

Trusting In Him

 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Psalms 23:4-6

 

One Thing I Do Know

 

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:

 

when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;

 

neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43:2

 

Trapped Or No

 

Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:

 

but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

 

I will not leave you comfortless:

 

I will come to you. John 14:17-18

 

Jesus Will Be

 

Now unto him

 

that is able to keep you from falling,

 

and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

 

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty,

 

dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25

 

There

 

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Psalms 116:15

 

Hallelujah~!

 

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42:1

 

I Love You LORD

I Love You

[LadyKay]

I think by trap I meant to say delaying one's trip to the other side.  I guess the question really is is when does the soul leave the body? Is it when the brain dies ( brain dead) or when we turn off the machines and our organs stop working? I know I can not get a 100% this is the right answer. I am just asking for your own thoughts on the topic. That is all.

[Qnts2]

Job 38 is a great chapter in which God explains his power and sovereignty to Job.  God knows exactly the number of hairs on our heads, and has determined the number of days of our lives. He knows before we were born, the exact moment we would be born and the exact moment we will die.

 

When my mother-in-law was in the hospital, one of her doctors came off as especially arrogant, boasting in his abilities. He essentially said that we should trust him, as he had the ability to save life. Well, she contracted an infection which typically has poor survival percentages. For those who know, it was a gram negative rod. Once in a while, I get especially bold in what I say, and I usually attribute it to God since I am a shy person. Anyway, I told the doctor that if it is my mother-in-laws time to go, there is absolutely nothing any doctor can do to prevent her from going to God. And if it is not her time, there is absolutely nothing anyone could do to cause her to die. The doctor gave me a very dirty look. Well, the doctor announced she had just hours to live, and instead, she started to get better. Then he announced that she would recover, and she started to get worse. He said things didn't look promising, and she got better. So he said she was out of danger, and he took credit for his excellent care and said he was moving her out of Intensive care that afternoon. She passed away just 30 minutes later.

 

We are so firmly in Gods hand, and nothing, or nobody can separate us from the love of God. I do believe when it is our time to go, nothing and nobody can prevent our passing into the presence of God. And if it not our time to go, nothing and nobody can overcome Gods plan for us.         

[Guest shiloh357]

God is sovereign and we need to be willing to let someone go when God says it's time.   Often people linger on life support because the family is being selfish.   it is possible to keep someone alive biologically, after the spirit has departed.  Life support, in my opinion should only be used when there is still hope that a person is still alive and can at least to some degree recover.  Life support should not be ended prematurely.   But in the case of a person for whom there is no hope of recovery, that they will be always be depended on a machine to keep their vitals going, it's time to let them go and let the family go through a healthy grieving process. 

[Openly Curious]

Job 38 is a great chapter in which God explains his power and sovereignty to Job.  God knows exactly the number of hairs on our heads, and has determined the number of days of our lives. He knows before we were born, the exact moment we would be born and the exact moment we will die.

 

We are so firmly in Gods hand, and nothing, or nobody can separate us from the love of God. I do believe when it is our time to go, nothing and nobody can prevent our passing into the presence of God. And if it not our time to go, nothing and nobody can overcome Gods plan for us.

 

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Man tries to keep us here but when God says child come up hither nothing shall seperate us from His love. We are more than conquerors.

[Hall7]

I think by trap I meant to say delaying one's trip to the other side.  I guess the question really is is when does the soul leave the body? Is it when the brain dies ( brain dead) or when we turn off the machines and our organs stop working? I know I can not get a 100% this is the right answer. I am just asking for your own thoughts on the topic. That is all.

I believe the soul and spirit leave the body when the silver cord has been severed, in other words death.

The silver cord is what attaches the spirit to the body, it's what keeps us alive in this mortal body, kind of like a battery.

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7

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Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,

and the golden bowl is broken;

before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel broken at the well,

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and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.