Suicide

[The Lorax]

Does suicide send a soul directly to Hell?

[Ovedya]

An unsaved soul, yes.

A saved soul, no.

[backontrack]

Does suicide send a soul directly to Hell?

God word says thou shalt not kill! I would say yes because you would be killing! I would not like to find out. Nothing is so bad that suicide is the last alternative. God loves you please do not do this if your thinking of this. God i pray for this situation and believe you will let this person if they are thinking of this in My lord name.

[Guest Jose132]

Does suicide send a soul directly to Hell?

YES you will ,was that answer clear enough.

Becouse you will be doing an act against GOD'S will none shuold take their life away and none should take either . Well I'm what I'm by his grace

and I truly belive that if you went thru 9 months in your mother and thru thick and thing you are still trust me is becouse he has a plan for your life.A nd untill

that plan is completed you'r not going anywhere. You must allways remenber that there's no problems in life there's only situation and that's what keeps us going every day.GOD BLESS YOU?

And remenber when you'r felling down and under get on your needs and remind him of his promisses in the BIBLE. AMEN

[Hunterpoet]

I'm all to familiar with suicide.

It is my unfortunate position to have talked with a person prior to them taking their own life, and have been friends with 4 others that did so.

A close friend still grieves over his brothers suicide, a man I knew, I'm still sad about this.

Another, in a lesbian relationship, ignored by me.

And another , I could not reach, behind a drug addiction.

And yet another, for reasons not known.

Dearest friend,

Please believe that this thing you ask about is the saddest of all sins.

To , with your hand , throw away that which G-d has given you.

He has told us all, that He will not put us in a place that we can't handle.

Stay calm in G-ds Grace...give it time....that which is painful, will only make you stronger, but never hurt you.

I pray you G-ds counsel and Love.

Be at peace with yourself.....stay with us, we don't want to lose you.

Edited November 17, 2007 by nobdy

[Ovedya]

Is it possible then that there are in fact two unforgivable sins?

[OneLight]

Does suicide send a soul directly to Hell?

Lorax .. are you contemplating suicide or is this a theoretical question? Everyone here assumes that this is why you posted.

OneLight

[agiopolem]

Guys, Lorax didn't say that he was considering it. He simply asked a question. (EDIT, I said this before I read OneLight's post)

Backontrack, in the first place, if you're going to quote scripture, do it right. Exodus 20:13 says, "You shall not murder." It doesn't say kill, but that isn't relevant to suicide. I just wanted to point that out.

Suicide is like any other sin that you may commit before you go to heaven without asking for forgiveness. Consider this: If you lie to your friend and don't ask God for forgiveness while you're driving away, and you get killed in an accident on the way home, is God going to let you into heaven? Of course He is! This is the same concept, as you have committed a sin and haven't asked for forgiveness.

1 John 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

He will forgive you of ALL unrighteousness; not just of telling a white lie, but also of committing adultery.

God will forgive any sin save for one- the sin of unbelief:

Matthew 12:31-32

31 "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

32 "And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come."

Again, in Mark 3:29 -

"But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is simply unbelief.

According to Merriam - Webster dictionary the word "blasphemy" means "the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God; the act of claiming the attributes of deity; irreverence toward something considered sacred."

Showing a "lack of reverence" for God is certainly forgivable, but when one insults the Holy Spirit, he rejects it, and therefore dooms himself to eternal damnation.

Edited November 17, 2007 by agiopolem

[MorningGlory]

Lorax, why do you ask this? Are you in some kind of difficulty? You know the answer to this one already so......if you've got troubles you'll find plenty of help here, as you know.

[Afal]

Suicide is like any other sin that you may commit before you go to heaven without asking for forgiveness. Consider this: If you lie to your friend and don't ask God for forgiveness while you're driving away, and you get killed in an accident on the way home, is God going to let you into heaven? Of course He is! This is the same concept, as you have committed a sin and haven't asked for forgiveness.

Christians who drop down dead (from a heart attack for example) are not going to go to hell just because they have not confessed every sin that they have committed. The same principle applies with suicide.