I want your opinion on suicide from a religious perspective. Do you think it is a sin,why or why not? Do you think you can lose your salvation by taking your own life? Use biblical references in your responses. Please use correct spelling and grammar along with well thought out responses.
22 comments:
Growing up I always heard that committing suicide would result to you spending eternity in Hell. As I have grown up, I have raised more questions to this statement. This statement has become a struggle to answer for a lot of Christians. I do however agree that committing suicide is a sin. John 3:16 gives Christian's the reassurance that once they receive Christ as their Savior they are guaranteed salvation for eternity. People make mistakes and if a Christian took his or her life by suicide, the blood of Christ died for that sinful act committed. Saying this, I am somewhat led to believing that God would forgive this sin leading the situation not to be affected by their eternity in Heaven. Suicide is a form of murder and God states in the Ten Commandments, "Thy Shall Not Murder." For one who does so, I would also question how genuine they are about their faith in Jesus and whether or not they need to reevaluate their personal relationship with Christ because no one should be willingly want to take their own life that Jesus so graciously died for.
_TAYLOR JONES
While I was growing up I did not really hear alot about suicide. I never heard that the people who killed themselves went to hell. In regard to sin, suicide is something that is brought up alot and many Christians have questions about. Personally i think suicide is indeed a sin because it is disobeying the law of God. Exodus 20:13 clearly states "You shall not murder." I think that interprets as murdering others AND yourself. Also, Ecclesiastes 7:17 says "Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool- why die before your time?" I think God frowns upon suicide because he created you and made a plan for your life. God would not plan your life including suicide. When you kill yourself, i see it as swerving from God's plan for your life. But, I do not believe committing suicide will make you lose your salvation. I believe that once you are saved, you are always saved, no matter what. We as humans are not perfect, and all sin is equal in God's eyes. Since Jesus died on the cross to wash our sins away, i think suicide is just like any other sin.
-Samantha Bruner
Throughout my childhood I have heard that it is a sin to commit suicide. Not only was I told it was a sin, I also was told that you would be spending eternity in hell and you would lose your salvation. However, in recent years I have come to question some of what I was told. I still think it is a sin to commit suicide because God ordained life as precious and since he gave that life to us, why should we want to end it? If we are Christians then we should always know that God is there for us and will never leave us. That should be enough for us to realize that life is worth living in my opinion. However, I do not believe that you can lose your salvation by committing suicide. Once someone accepts Jesus as their Lord and savior and also accepts the gift of eternal life, then that gift cannot be taken away. No sin is bad enough for God to turn his back on us. He is always there for us, no matter what sinful acts we may commit. Psalms 103:12 says, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." This means that nothing we can ever do, no matter how bad, he will always forgive us and remove our transgressions from us. That is why I think you cannot lose your salvation by committing suicide or any other sin really because God loves us unconditionally. No matter how far we may get off track.
Growing up in a Christian home and attending a Christian school for many years I have been taught committing suicide is a sin. However after thinking about it myself and researching scripture I have not found that suicide is a direct sin against God. Suicide is wrong because the person is intervening and ending God’s ideal plan for their life. In Exodus 20: 1-17 are the Ten Commandments. The first four apply to our relationship and actions toward God, and the last six apply to our relationship and actions toward one another. None of them apply to our actions upon ourselves. The sixth commandment says “do not murder” however this is in the category of our actions toward each other. It never says do not murder yourself. Most people who commit suicide are in some state of depression but God says to trust and faith in him through everything so ending your own life would not be having faith in God. A lot of people who commit suicide also have a mental disorder so I don’t think God would automatically condemn that person to hell if they are not in a sane state of mind. In conclusion I believe that suicide is not a sin but frowned upon and should not be acted out. I do not believe someone can lose their salvation through suicide. In John 10:28 Jesus says when we receive salvation we receive eternal life and no one can take that away from us. And 1 John 1: 16 says if we confess our sins be will be forgiven. From the references I believe that salvation cannot be “lost” once we are saved and God will be forgiving of all our sins even destroying his creation and taking our own lives.
Being raised a Christian, I’ve always been taught that suicide was a sin because you weren’t trusting in God to help you through your problems in life. I also learned that “once saved always saved”. So I’ve learned two conflicting point of views on suicide. If the person was a professing Christian before their death, then I do think they will still go to heaven. There are lots of verses that say that a believer cannot lose their salvation. They may fall away from God for a time, but they will always come back and be allowed in heaven. So I think even people that commit suicide have a chance of going to heaven if they professed faith in Christ before they became suicidal.
I never questioned whether or not suicide would jeopardize your salvation or not until a couple of years ago. I can remember my cousin Jack telling me that you would go to hell if you killed yourself, but I didn't argue.
I haven't studied the Bible extensively on this issue for a few reasons. One is that the Bible isn't clear on it. There are many people in the Bible that struggled with depression, but the person that comes to mind is Job. When Job was going through his suffering, he questioned his quality of life, and said, "So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life"(Job 7:15-16). Suicide could have ended his problems right away, but in the end God blessed him for having faith and perserverence. There is another passage in Ecclesiastes that says, "Do not be a fool--why die before your time?"(7:17).
I think if people knew they were still going to heaven if they killed themselves, there would be a lot more suicides. I do believe that suicide is a selfish act. It's telling God that His plan doesn't matter or what He made isn't good enough.
With depression comes a lot of anger. Our tough times can make us question why we believe what we do or if it matters anyway. We can become so consumed in our anger that we don't care that God made us, or that what he made was precious. I think in a lot of cases suicide can be a middle finger towards God.
Even though suicide is overtly selfish and wrong, I don't believe it's an unforgivable sin. Colossians 1:14 talks about redemption through his blood and forgiveness of sins. Through Jesus' stripes, we are healed; even if the last thing we do on earth is sinful. Murder and suicide is unnatural, but forgivable.
Eastergard
When an individual gets it the lowest point in their life, many will consider committing suicide. In their mind it is the only way for them to escape from this low depression state that they seem to stay in. In my opinion, I believe that when a person commit suicide then they will not have eternal life in heaven. When you commit suicide then you are committing murder amongst yourself and in 1 John 3: 15 it states “that no murderer has eternal life residing in them”. I know it is possible for a murderer to go to heaven when he commits to his sin and ask the Lord for forgiveness, but since your murder is on yourself then you can’t commit from your sins. The scripture also tells us “our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, whom was received to us by God” (1 Corinthians 6: 19) and what God gives no Man have the right to take it away. Then we come across the issue if a believer commits suicide. In my mind a strong believer or even a weak one understands that they are brought onto this earth not for their general enjoyment but for the worship and praise of Jesus Christ, and if they believe that and understand that then I strongly believe that they will never end there life. I know we are all humans and fall short to sin all the time but if a believer was put in that situation I think, they will try another route to treat their condition.
When I was growing up I really didn't really know anyone that had comitted suicide. We as a family never discussed this issue so I really didn't know if people went to heaven or if they went to hell if they killed themselves. In my opinion its a tricky question and I dont think any of us will know until we get to heaven. If I had to chose I would say that yes you do go to heaven if you are saved. Once you are saved you are always saved. Mark 16:16 - "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." This verse shows that once you are saved you are always saved.
- Lord Shaun Mcbreezy the third
For as long I can remember, I had always been taught that committing suicide was a sin and if an individual were to do so they would spend eternity in hell. However, as I have grown up and grown to understand the Word of God I have had a hard time believing that a person who commits suicide would go to hell if they were a child of God. The Word of God says "I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly" so I interpret that to mean Christ came so that you might live in Him and have a life full of blessings and prosperity.So with this verse I have also come to the conclusion that taking your own life you be a sin because you are acting against the Word of God. However the Bible also states "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." With that being said, I do belive that committing suicide is a sin, however, I have a hard time believing that if you are a child of God with a genuine heart to serve our Heavenly you would go to hell. Our God is a God of love and mercy and in my opinion if you truly love Him and live your life serving Him I believe He may grant you mercy and allow you to spend eternity with Him, but ONLY if you are saved. If you are not saved and do not center your life on Christ then I do believe you will spend eternity in Hell for taking your own life.
-Rachel Howard
If someone has reached the lowest point of there life and they think it is not worth living any longer then they usually resort to suicide. When I was younger I heard people talking about if you commit suicide would you go to heaven or hell. God commands us not to murder and that would imply that we shouldn't take our own life. However we are also taught in the bible that once we are saved we shall not lose our salvation unless we rebuke the name of God. I believe it is a sin to take your life though.I think that if you are truly a Christian and believe that Jesus died for your sins then you will still go to heaven because of what Jesus tells us in the bible. People can walk away from God and still go to heaven because they have put there trust in God. They may not have repented but they still didn't lose there salvation. For the same reason I believe that if someone commits suicide than they to will still go to heaven.
Ben Parker
Every since I have been old enough to hear about things like suicide I have always heard that it was a sin to take your life and that you would go to hell if you took your own life. To me it seems like taking your own life is a sin because the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, “Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.” This makes it sound like that if you kill your self and break God’s law you will go to hell. Although I do think it is a sin, I think that if you’re an open Christian at the time of your death that you may have a chance if going to Heaven. If you have no faith at all there is no doubt that you will not go to Heaven. If you take you commit suicide you are stopping God’s plan for you and will never be able to find out all the great things he had for you. If you really are a Christian you should know that if you feel so bad that you want to take your life, God would help you through it. Since I do believe that suicide is a sin and that Jesus died for our sins, it seems that you would be forgiven for your sins and still be able to get into Heaven just like any other person who has not killed themselves but has still committed sins.
-Courtney McCollum
Growing up, I was taught that suicide was a sin, but I was not taught whether a person who commits suicide goes to heaven or hell. I alsp never really thought much about it, accepting that it was a sin. I think it is a sin because it is murder to yourself, and murder is a sin. I do not think that if a person is saved through Christ and commits suicide, that they will go to heaven. The Bible says in John 3:16 that once you are saved, it's for eternity. A person who commits suicide and is not save would oblivously be going to hell. I believe that because suicide is a sin, it was covered by Christ dying on the cross for us, so we do not lose our salvation.
I have grown up in a Christian home and I have always been taught that all sins are treated equally in God's eyes. While some may be more extreme than others, it is all considered sin. With that being said, Jesus dies for all of our sins, including suicide. 1 Corinthians 15:3 says "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." Jesus died for our sins so that we may be saved and be able to enter into Heaven if we repent and accept Him as our Savior. Even though suicide is a very drastic sin and causes much pain for loved ones, I believe that it is treated as any other sin. I don't believe that if one commits suicide that his or her salvation is lost. I have always been told that once you are saved and that you truly are then that cannot be taken away from you. Ephesians 2:8 says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Salvation is our gift from God and it is something that can never be undone. But if someone commits suicide and claimed to be a Christian, his or her salvation might be questioned because it doesn't seem like a strong believer in Christ who loves the Lord and wants to please Him would want to take their own life. In Ecclesiastes 7:17, Scripture says" Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool--why die before your time?" God has a plan for each and everyone of our lives and He would never plan for one of His children to kill themselves. We will all eventually die, but in God's timing, not our own.
*Kailey McGee
For some reason, I have always believed that suicide was a sin. Since I have learned about suicide, that has just been my view, without the influence from my parents, who think the same thing. For me, suicide seems like a form of murder that can not forgiven by God because you are dead before you can repent. It is a confusing concept because you do not understand why God would allow someone who was struggling so much with depression and stress, to go to Hell, after he was just trying to get away from all his suffering and hopefully get to a paradise. I do not have any biblical references about this because im pretty sure they did not talk about it that much. I am honestly not sure because we never know anything about the afterlife, until we actually get to Heaven, and can ask God for ourselves.
For some reason, I have always believed that suicide was a sin. Since I have learned about suicide, that has just been my view, without the influence from my parents, who think the same thing. For me, suicide seems like a form of murder that can not forgiven by God because you are dead before you can repent. It is a confusing concept because you do not understand why God would allow someone who was struggling so much with depression and stress, to go to Hell, after he was just trying to get away from all his suffering and hopefully get to a paradise. I do not have any biblical references about this because im pretty sure they did not talk about it that much. I am honestly not sure because we never know anything about the afterlife, until we actually get to Heaven, and can ask God for ourselves.
For as far back as I can remember, I've been taught that committing suicide was extremely looked down upon in society, and in the Church, was a sin that doomed you for eternity spent in hell. After reflecting back on all I've been taught, I've began questioning it. Though I still don't know exactly what I believe, I have a strong feeling towards those that commit suicide do indeed go to Heaven. Though suicide seems so much worse than sin that a lot of us commit, in God's eyes, sin is sin. Meaning one man's sin is equal to another's. In Mark 3:28, it says "Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men.." Therefore leaving me with the idea that this is a sin just like no other, that will indeed be forgiven. Just as someone who dies suddenly and is unable to ask for forgiveness for any sins committed the day they die, someone who commits suicide is unable to ask for forgiveness also. Though this post has been all over the place, I believe ultimately that God sent his only son to die for us, to pay for any sin that we may commit, suicide included. Resulting in those people living eternally in Heaven, if they have accepted Christ into their heart before their death.
-Sarah Cook
Ever since I was young I have never thought about whether suicide is a sin or not. As I have grown up I have thought about the question and here are my thoughts about it. I do know that committing suicide is a definite sin in Gods eyes because he revealed this very clearly in the ten commandments, "Thou shall not murder." Also in 1 Corinthians 6:19 it says, Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." You were made in God's image so we should honor him through our body. This is relevant to doing it to yourself or someone to someone else, it doesn't matter it is a sin. But If you are a christian you have reassurance and hope in Jesus Christ if you have received him as your loving savior. If so, no matter if you commit suicide you will have eternal life in heaven because of Christ's blood shed for you on the cross. We are sinful people, we sin everyday, all the time, but in God's eyes each an every sin we commit is equal. Our God is a loving and sovereign God that forgives us no matter how big our sin. So I believe that committing suicide doesn't interfere with our salvation. I do however question people who are Christians an commit suicide because It shows how little faith they had in Jesus Christ in their life. One last thing, Jeremiah 29:11 says, For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Since God gave you life and died for your sins as well he definitely has a plan for your life and you cutting it short by committing suicide is not pleasing to him, and also not apart of his plan for your life.
-Cambria Trunzo
I have a few views of suicide and whether committing it is a sin or not. If a person has a mental disorder such as bipolar disorder, then I believe this is not a sin. A person with this disease, like the boy from “The Boy Interrupted,” could not control his mood swings and his stages of mania and depression. He took his own life when he was in one of his depressed states. There is no way for him to control what mood he will be in. However, for those who do not have a mental disorder and are perfectly capable of understanding the world around them, I believe they do sin when they commit suicide. In the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:13, God commands “You shall not murder.” Suicide is a form of self-murder; therefore this is a sin because a person would be going against God’s command. Also, suicide is a way of saying that you do not trust God to come through for you in your difficult times. Romans 8:31 says, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” This is a good reminder that no matter what a person is going through, God will always be there for him or her to lean on and trust. God can provide confidence and a reason to live. Committing suicide will never take away someone’s salvation. Once a person is saved, they are always saved; nothing can take away your salvation. God is forever providing unconditional love for those who sin against Him. Deuteronomy 31:6 tells us, “The Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.” No matter how far we go away from God, He remains constant and never leaves or changes. There is hope for those contemplating suicide.
Meredith Peacock
I believe that suicide is a very serious sin, but no worse than murder. In my personal opinion, if Jesus can forgive the murderer who was hanging beside Him on the cross for murdering others, murdering yourself would also be forgiven by our gracious Lord. That does not mean it is acceptable by any means, it actually to me is worse than murder. The Lord is very forgiving and forgives as long as we repent and ask Him to wash us clean from our sin. But if we are really christians and have the love of Jesus in our hearts, would'nt we have hope in our life, and want to continue to live for Him? To me it's not a reason of, "if you kill yourself your going to hell". It's more like, "If your really saved, why would you take your life away?Which is a gift from God". I agree with a verse that Samantha used, Ecc.7:17, which talks about why would you take your life away before it is God's time? God's plan is not for you to kill yourself. He will take you when HE is ready.
~Brookie BoatDOGGGG
I do think suicide is a sin, however i do not think that suicide would cause someone to lose their salvation because the Bible does say in one way or another once saved always saved. The Bible does not necessarily come right out and say this thought. What is does say is that once a person is saved they will not want to do anything to compromise their salvation. "For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt." (Hebrews 6:4-6) This is one verse that does say it is impossible for a person to fall away from God once they have truly accepted him as savior. We also have to realize that as believers we cannot become God and I say that because we are only saved because God by his grace forgave us of our sins. That means that there was nothing we could have done to accomplish this ourselves. So if we were able to take away our righteousness it would almost give us the same power of God which is impossible. "He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit," (Titus 3:5)On the topic of suicide I think that doing so would lessen your rewards in Heaven, but would not forsake you of eternal life. This could help explain the reason why Christians are not taking their life left and right just to be with God. Even if they were doing it to be with him we would be disobeying other commands like the Great Commission "Go forth and make disciples of all nations."(Matthew 28:19)
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