Do people which commit suicide automatically go to hell?

Well, I was gonna post, but Scarlett said what I was going to.

 

XDX, my uncle who I was very close to (really the only relative I was close to except my parents) committed suicide 3 years ago. He had been suffering from depression, but refused medication. Depression is far more dangerous than the medication that cures it. Get some help. Please. raying:

 

I second what Amy says. XDX people here on this board who dont even really know you, care about you. You should go talk to somebody in person.

 

Suicide is the ultimate act of selfishness. It is the ultimate act of rejecting the Lord. Placing faith in a gun, pills, rope or whatever to take away pain and depression instead of depending on the Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:13 clearly tells us that there is no temptation that can come upon us that we cannot bear... this includes temptation to kill oneself.

Jesus said in Matthew 7 that a good tree cannot produce evil fruit. How can the good tree (that person who is saved) produce evil fruit (suicide and other great sins) as a last act in this life?

Do we call our Lord and Savior a liar and say that evil can be produced by those that are saved as a last act? Do we say the Word of God is a lie when it says that temptation for suicide can be overcome if one gives it to God?

 

A member of a church I attended a few years back committed suicide. This member was a Head Deacon in the church. He knew the Word of God and often encouraged people in the Word. But his last act on earth, because of financial problems, was to put a gun to his head and take his own life. He left behind a wife and daughter.

Jesus said in the gospels, 'If any man will follow me, let him first deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.' I cannot see someone who commits suicide as totally denying self and following Christ.

Many, through their walks on this earth have a form of Godliness. They attend church faithfully, they tithe, they witness to others, but when faced with trials, many will deny Christ and His power to keep and sustain. They rely on lies of the devil to get out of a mess or situation instead of trusting God who said, 'My grace is sufficiend.' Paul said he would much rather glory in his infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon him.

 

People go to hell for not being saved, for not having their sins forgiven, for not knowing Jesus. Not for anything else.
Sadly some christians do commit suicide. Does God approve, absoutly not. How often do christians do anything, even a stray thought, that God does not approve of? God is our father and He loves us no less when we are disobedient then when we are obedient. He disaproves, He hates our sin, but He loves us, we are His children. When our children do things we disaprove of do we stop loving them? No. Once we ahve been accepted, as Jesus said, when we are His He will not lose a single one from His eternity.

 

John 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He destroys lives by lying to people to commit suicide or to kill others.

Jesus said His sheep will not hear thieves and robbers. We are not to be ignorant of satan's devices.

Do you think it is God telling these people to commit suicide? to place their faith in a gun or other object to end their miseries? I don't think so.

As I said, suicide is the ultimate act of rejecting the Lord. Many will stand before Him claiming to have worked for Him, to have done miracles in His name, yet He will profess that He never knew them. I believe many of these He is speaking of are those who ultimately placed their faith in an object rather than trusting Christ.

 

Oh, it's easy to judge from outside, looking in. You can have all the answers as long as you remain aloof.

 

Suicide is murder.

And we know that no murderers will inherit eternal life according to God's Holy Word.

Or do we deny that?

 

Neither will liars...Ever told a lie?

Bro Tony

 

Like I say, when we can reduce the love of God to a mathematical formula, we have succeeded in always being right. About everything.

 

Scarlett,

David repented, Peter repented and both were forgiven. But after suicide, there is no forgiveness for repentance.

If there was forgiveness after death, the rich man would not have been left in hell. After all, did not he have a repentant heart in hell?

 

Tony,

Strawman argument. After all, the Word of God says 'Let God be true and every man a liar.' That would mean every man is destined for hell since all liars are destined for the lake of fire.

But Praise be to God for His unspeakable gift and for His mercies that are new every morning. We are forgiven for sins we commit while in this life. But as I pointed out, once one murders oneself it is an ultimate act of rejecting the Lord, and thus guaranteeing him or herself the displeasure of hearing his or her name is not in the Lamb's Book of Life.

As I said, how can one commit evil as one's last act upon this earth and be accepted into a kingdom where nothing that defiles is allowed?

 

So we're back to Last Rites, then?

Better die with no unconfessed sin, or down ya go?

Horsefeathers.

My God forgives sin. The "unpardonable sin" is not suicide.

SFIC, your argument's looking anemic. Better give it an iron pill.

 

so rbell,

You deny God Word when it clearly states no murderer will inherit the kingdom? when it clearly states that all murderers will have their part in the lake of fire?

Were those two verses not the truth? Does that mean since I have placed my faith in Christ I can go out and gun down as many people as I wish and then turn the gun on myself and be guaranteed eternal life with Christ?

I don't think so.

 

I agree with this statement so let's let the mercies extent out completely. I would wonder if any individual really knows that they have personally confessed all their sin. Jesus died for all my sin (s), and when He did they were all future. I am glad that my sin is washed away completely, not partially.

Bro Tony